Posters will be presented in an informal setting designed for networking and a free exchange of ideas. The posters' authors will discuss their work with anyone interested. Topics will include Advocacy, Ecology, Community Engagement, Youth Stewardship and more. Beer and wine will be served, you can purchase a Happy Hour Drink Ticket on Eventbrite or use the cash bar.
Artecito
OPEN Center for the Arts and Lincoln Park Zoo
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Cortisol Levels vs. Population and Nest Density Analysis
Nicolas Cuevas, Lincoln Park Zoo
Buckthorn Control for the Budget Conscious Home Owner
James McGee
Buffalo Grove Prairie Guardians a Record of Management Activities 1989 – 2017
Ross Sweeny, Emily Oaks Nature Center
Bumble Bee Diversity and Foraging Activity at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Anne Hughes-Wagner and Derek Rosenberger, Olivet-Nazarene University
Clean Energy Outreach
Brekke Bounds and Jolie Krasinski, Illinois Clean Energy
Courthouse Prairie: Rescue and Restoration of a Lake Plain Prairie in Bridgeview (Cook County)
Louis Mulé, Tallgrass Associations
Diversity and Trap Success of Turtles at Lincoln Park Zoo’s Nature Boardwalk
Shawn Arreguin, Lincoln Park Zoo
Ecology of The Region
Jodi Trendler, The Resiliency Institute
Ellipse Mussel Research
Laura Barghusen, Openlands
Endangered Species & Pollinators
Paula Sontag, Chicago Public Schools
Engaging Chicago Youth and Teachers in Field Experiences with Aquatic Ecosystems
David Bild, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Habitat Preference of Migrating Bobolink
Dawn Sasek, Oak Forest High School
Homes4Monarchs
Peter Gordon
Illinois Botanists Big Year
Cassi Saari, Ecology + Vision llc
Illinois Milkweeds
Peter Gordon
Indirect Effects of Birds on Crop Yields in Different Agricultural Landscapes
Jennifer Paddack, University of Illinois at Chicago
Institute of Environmental Sustainability: Loyola University
Ray Dybzinski, Loyola University
King Conservation Science Scholars
Sandra Ortiz-Ortega, Chicago Zoological Society
Linking Ecosystems, Crossing Boundaries: The Barrington Greenway Initiative
Kevin Scheiwiller, The Barrington Greenway Initiative
Looking Nature in the Eye with Chcago's Traveling Aquarium
Marie Kowalski and George Parsons, The Shedd Aquarium
Making an Impact at the Local Level
Trish Beckjord, The Conservation Foundation
Mighty Acorns
Ylanda Wilhite, Field Museum
Natural Areas at College of DuPage
Remic Ensweiler, College Of DuPage
Openlands Headwater Stream Initiatives
Laura Barghusen, Openlands
Pathway to Adventure Council - A national program leading to the Hornaday Conservation Award of the Boy Scouts of America in Chicago Wilderness
Wayne Schimpff and Robert Richmond, Boy Scouts of America Council
Programa ProTEJA
Enlace Chicago and Lincoln Park Zoo
Prospect Heights Natural Resources
Dana Sievertson, Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission
Raising Monarch Butterflies
Jamie Veibach, The Conservation Foundation
Reconstructing a South Side Prairie
Susan Kirt, Chicago State University
Somos Poderosos - We Are Powerful
Peter Gordon
Take the City Nature Challenge
Katie Miller, City Nature Challenge
Telling the Conservation Story
Veronica Henke, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
The Dixon Waterfowl Refuge BioBlitz: 24 hours, 136 humans, 900 species
Anna Bruam, Vera Leopold and Phoebe Thatcher, Wetland-Initiative
The Impact of Climate Change on Dragonflies
Jonathan Lopez, Lincoln Park Zoo
The Importance of Black Oak Savanna to Red-Headed Woodpecker Populations and Foraging Behavior
Michael King, Kimberly Zralka and Derek Rosenberger, Olivet-Nazarene University
Urban Ecology (Conservation at home, interstitial lands, food gardens)
Elizabeth Herrera, University of Illinois at Chicago
Year Three of the Illinois Bat Conservation Program
Tara C. Hohoff, Illinois Natural History Survey
Zoo Enclosure Preference of Juvenile Black-crowned Night-Herons
Shianglin Menez, Lincoln Park Zoo
Saturday February 23, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm CST
rms. 23-32