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, February 23
Hofbrauhaus Restaurant
6:00pm •
After Hours Meet-up at Hofbrauhaus Restaurant
rm. 21
10:15am •
Amphibian Community Dynamics, Health, and Stress Response to Oak Woodland Restoration
11:15am •
Lessons on Propagating Rare Plants
12:30pm •
Many Hands Make Light Work: A Zone Concept for Habitat Restoration Projects
1:30pm •
Converting to Prairie with Everyone Watching
2:10pm •
Of Oak Trees and Little Animals
2:50pm •
Winter Tree and Shrub Identification
3:30pm •
Oak Roots: Their Life From Acorn to Oak Tree
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Distribution of Flying Squirrels in DuPage County / White-tailed Deer in the Chicago Area
rm. 22
10:15am •
Oak Ecosystem Restoration: Using Historical Forest Dynamics to Inform Management for a Resilient Future
11:15am •
SPLIT SESSION: Assessing The Chicago Area’s Contribution to Broader-scale Grassland Bird Conservation Efforts / The Effects of Bison Reintroduction on Grassland Bird Nest Success in Tallgrass Prairie
12:30pm •
Evidence-based hope for the future: The human population bottleneck & conservation reserves as re-wilding centers
1:30pm •
Bison and People on the Northeast Illinois Prairie
2:10pm •
Foundation of the Prairie: Soil Biology and Function
2:50pm •
Beetles, Spiders and Mites Oh-My: An Introduction to Entomology and its Use in Restoration and Educational Efforts in Chicago Wilderness
3:30pm •
I Don't See as Many Butterflies as I Used To. Is This Statement Really True?
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Habitat Potential of Post-industrial Landscapes / Novel Ecosystems : What's All the Fuss About?
rm. 44
10:15am •
Identification of Shorebirds and Their Distribution in the Chicago Area
11:15am •
Effective Use of Social Media for Stewards and Conservation Organizations
12:30pm •
Lessons of Past and Future
1:30pm •
Native Seed Mix Design
2:10pm •
Restoring Multi-Layered Habitat in a Migrant Bird Hotspot
2:50pm •
Is the Glass Half Full? The Science and Art of Science Communication
3:30pm •
A Photographic Journey of the Calumet Region
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Understanding Ecological Corridors Along the Chicago River System / Lessons Learned in Grassland and Wetland Restoration with a Bird Habitat Focus
rm. 45
10:15am •
Birds in the Garden: Tips for Creating and Enjoying a Bird Oasis
11:15am •
Dismantling Climate Deniers' Arguments
12:30pm •
Prairie Reverie: What Does the Word Prairie Mean in Post-prairie Illinois?
1:30pm •
Restoring Landscapes at Scale
2:10pm •
Wild Indigo Nature Explorations: A Model Framework for Building Culturally-Resonant Programs in Collaboration with Communities of Color
2:50pm •
People, Places, and Prehistory: The Environment(s) of Metro Chicago
3:30pm •
iNaturalist Workshop
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Pilot Study on the Importance of Patch Size to Urban Monarch Butterfly Larval Survivorship / Can Suburbs and Small Towns Save the Monarch Butterfly? / Monarch Moms: Cultures of Ecological Care in the Suburbs
rm. 46
10:15am •
Shinrin-yoku: Connect with the Wild Things in Nature and You
11:15am •
SPLIT SESSION: Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Outreach / Lake Michigan Meteorite Hunt (The Aquarius Project!)
12:30pm •
Telling The Conservation Story - Best Practices In Traditional and Social Media
1:30pm •
Evaluating Youth Environmental Awareness and Stewardship Programs: the Why and the How
2:10pm •
Climate Change: A Tale for Our Time
2:50pm •
Living on the Edge: Rare Plants in Ravine, Bluff, and Dune Communities
3:30pm •
Healing People and the Planet
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Headwater Streams - An Aquatic Menagerie in your Neighborhood or Backyard / Plum Creek Stream Restoration: Lessons Learned from Six Years of Planning, Engineering, and Permitting that Led to Thirty Days of Construction
rm. 47
10:15am •
An Exploration of Wildlife-Inspired Awe
11:15am •
SPLIT SESSION: Keeping Crown Vetch, Teasel and Purple Loosestrife at Bay at a High-Quality Preserve / Callery Pear: The Invasive Trojan Horse
12:30pm •
The Epic of the Chicago Bioregion
1:30pm •
Building Green Connections in Your Community
2:10pm •
From Prairies to Rain Gardens: Climate Change Adaptation for Chicago Wilderness Grasslands
2:50pm •
Climate Change in the Chicago Area
3:30pm •
Chicago Urban Greenprint: Combining Social and Environmental Data to Determine Target Locations for Conservation in Cook County
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Baltimore Checkerspots Are Remarkable: Mark and Recapture Study and Habitat Restoration for One of the Iconic Butterflies in the Chicago Region / Using Radio Telemetry to Monitor Movements of Common Mudpuppies (Necturus maculosus) in Wolf L
rm. 48
10:15am •
Urban Ecology on Chicago's South Lakefront
11:15am •
Chicago Nature: Spreading the Good Word
12:30pm •
Hackmatack NWR - Case Study
1:30pm •
What's So Funny About Chicago Wilderness?
2:10pm •
Where Do Blue-spotted Salamanders Spend the Summer?
2:50pm •
Love Warblers? Give Lots of Love to LaBagh!
3:30pm •
On the Banks of the (Pre-Contact) Little Calumet
4:10pm •
Urban Symbiosis: A Discussion on the Impact of Natural Areas’ Stewardship on Human Communities
rm. 49
10:15am •
You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til Its Gone—Protecting the Natural Land of Illinois
11:15am •
Models of Early Childhood Education on Public Lands
12:30pm •
From a Cup to the Community: How Monarch Butterflies Have Migrated Into the Hearts of Chicago Families
1:30pm •
Lake Michigan Bluff and Ravine Restoration
2:10pm •
Birds as a Connection to Nearby Nature
2:50pm •
Good News and Bad News
3:30pm •
Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Restoration Using Technology for Adaptive Management in the Fight Against Invasive Phragmites.
4:10pm •
People and Places: the Foundation for the Evolution of Ecological Restoration in the Midwest
rm. 50
10:15am •
Social Media: The Modern Digital Ecosystem
11:15am •
SPLIT SESSION: The Past, Present, and Future of TreeKeepers / Project Quercus: Conserving Oaks on Private Land in McHenry County
1:30pm •
Busse Muskie
2:10pm •
The Prairie Sings to Me: City Poets Write of the Country
2:50pm •
The Impact of the Approach
3:30pm •
Building A Weather-Ready Nation
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Singing Insect Range Boundaries / Diversity and Ecology of Pollinator Flies in Chicago Area
rm. 51
10:15am •
The Fruits of Our Labor
11:15am •
Programa ProTEJA: A Partnership for the Conservation of Nature and Empowerment of Communities
12:30pm •
Interpreting Nature through Song
1:30pm •
Community Outreach and Chicago Park District Nature Centers
2:10pm •
The Nuts and Bolts of Community Engagement
2:50pm •
Wilding the Pavement for Nature Play
3:30pm •
The Driftless Reader: Exploring a Literature of Place
4:10pm •
The Food System Chain Game
rms. 23-32
9:00am •
Plenary: Restoring Nature, Food and Justice
10:15am •
Geology of the Chicago Region
11:15am •
Bumble Bee Biology, Identification, Decline, and Conservation
1:30pm •
Everything Soil I: Forest Soils
2:10pm •
The Battle for Our Wetlands: How to use Warrior Sedges to Fight Against Wetland Invasives
2:50pm •
Bobcat—Illinois' Native Cat
3:30pm •
Mosses of the Chicago Region: What Little We Know, and Where We Go
4:10pm •
The Bees of the Southern Lake Michigan Region and Their Ecological Significance
5:00pm •
Poster Session and Happy Hour
rms. 33, 34
10:15am •
Adventures with Endangered and Formerly Endangered Plant Species
11:15am •
The Tallgrass Prairie: Grocery Store, Apothecary, and Love Shop
12:30pm •
Environmental Protection Through Stand-up Comedy
1:30pm •
Bird Migration Around Chicago: Spatial and Temporal Variability
2:10pm •
Frogs and Toads of the Chicago Region
2:50pm •
The Vanishing Native Shrub Layer
3:30pm •
Bird Conservation in the Forest Preserves of Cook County
4:10pm •
A Day in the Life of a Field Biologist
rms. 40, 41
10:15am •
Creating a Forum to Discuss Urban Green Space Through the Lens of Community Health and Safety
11:15am •
Implementing Regional Standardization of Ecological Restoration Practices: Working together to train volunteers in invasive species management and leadership
12:30pm •
Music and Nature: Facilitating a Nature Jam
1:30pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Spring Peepers: A Voice for Habitat Restoration / Biodiversity Research and Monitoring at LUREC (Loyola University Retreat and Ecology Campus), Woodstock, IL
2:10pm •
Measuring the Sustainability Benefits of Urban Agriculture: A Case Study
2:50pm •
Urban Dune Restoration (Re-creation)
3:30pm •
Women in Conservation
4:10pm •
Community Science - Stories from All-Star Bird Monitors
rms. 42, 43
10:15am •
The Climate Reality Project: Climate Advocacy in the Midwest
11:15am •
SPLIT SESSION: Wetland Birds and Hybrid Cattail Invasion / Nature Boardwalk: A Naturalized Ecosystem for Native Chicago Wildlife / Is Urbanization Impacting the Sex Ratio of Painted Turtles in Lake County, IL?
12:30pm •
Vibrant Communities—People & Nature; A Listening and Engagement Session
1:30pm •
Protecting Piping Plovers in the Great Lakes
2:10pm •
The State of Chicago Wilderness Grasslands and their Management
2:50pm •
Broadening the Base: Community Outreach and Engagement
3:30pm •
Acoustic Ecology: A Socially-Engaged Sonic Arts Approach in Urban and Natural Environments
4:10pm •
Turning Buckthorn Into Toys and Kids Into Stewards
rms. 52, 53
10:15am •
Empowering Youth, the Culturally Relevant Way!
11:15am •
SPLIT SESSION: Secretive Marsh Birds in the Big City / Cook County's Swamp Chicken… AKA the King Rail
12:30pm •
Plant Love Stories LIVE@Wild Things
1:30pm •
Linking Ecosystems, Crossing Boundaries: The Barrington Greenway Initiative
2:10pm •
Conservation@Home – Going Beyond Our Borders
2:50pm •
The Power of Art to Engage, Inspire & Inform
3:30pm •
Cavity-nesting Birds in Chicago's Cemeteries
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: How to Monitor 2500 Shrubs Planted by Volunteers in an Urban Forest Preserve—A Learning Experience / Rapid Floristic Quality Assessment as a Stewardship Tool
rms. 54, 56, 58
10:15am •
Artecito: Art Creation that Deepens Environmental Understanding
11:15am •
Advocating for Bird-Friendly Buildings in the Chicago Area
12:30pm •
One Earth Film Mini-Fest: Media for Conservation and Social Change
1:30pm •
Wild Zones: Redesigning Chicago’s Landscape Ordinance
2:10pm •
Building a Vibrant Stewardship Community: Our Adventures at Somme
2:50pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Innovative Partnership for Habitat Restoration on a Regional Scale / Transforming a 2-Acre Sedge Meadow Surrounded by Buckthorn into 90 Acres of Excellence with No Budget: It’s Called Yonder Prairie
3:30pm •
Discussing the New Illinois Fires Accomplished Map: What Gets Measured Gets Done
4:10pm •
SPLIT SESSION: Writing Urban Nature: Engaging the City Landscape in the Field and Online / Beasts of the Page and Pavement: Natural History, Both Imagined and Real
rms. 55,57
10:15am •
SPLIT SESSION: Inspiring Help and Community Engagement / The Friends of Cook County Forest Preserves
11:15am •
PHNRC - How We Created a Successful Stewardship Organization
1:30pm •
Conservation Areas Mapping in the ON TO 2050 Regional Plan
2:10pm •
Grant Funding Options for Illinois Natural Areas from Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
2:50pm •
The Impact of Public/Private Partnerships
3:30pm •
Friends of the Chicago River: A Q&A on How to Build an Environmental Organization
4:10pm •
I love the Trash Forest: Invading Invaded Woodlands
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, February 23
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