Wild Things 2021: Part I

Board member, Sinnissippi Audubon and the Illinois Bobcat Foundation

Environmental Education and Playworker, Fraternal Forest

Program Manager, Friends of the Forest Preserves

Illinois Botanizer

Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota

Director of Land Preservation & Natural Resources, McHenry County Conservation District

Executive Director, The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

Executive Director, Kettle Moraine Land Trust

Owner, Green Fire Farm in Monticello, Wisconsin

s President and Executive Director, Basil’s Harvest

Owner, All Grass Farms in Dundee, Illinois

Program Director, Advocates for Urban Agriculture

Co-Founder & President, Black Oaks Center

Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Wildlife Biologist, Lake County Forest Preserve District

Conservation Ecologist, Field Museum

Urban Ecologist and Conservationist

The Nature Conservancy

Director, Chicago Region Trees Initiative

Chief Enthusiasm Officer @ Everywhere

Associate Director, NeighborSpace

Writer, Editor, Restoration Volunteer

Extension Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University

Director of Metropolitan Food and Environmental Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Founder and Co-director, Fraternal Forest

Wildlife Biologist, Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Lead Advisor, Chi-Nations Youth Council

Communications Chair, Bird Conservation Network

Restoration Volunteer and Chief Conservation Officer, Bobolink Foundation

Birder

Wetland Restoration Manager, Audubon Great Lakes

Urban Conservation Educator, Field Museum

Senior Restoration Ecologist, The Wetlands Initiative

Project Manager - Natural Areas, Chicago Park District

Director, Department of Resource Management, Forest Preserves of Cook County

Nachusa Grasslands Project Director, The Nature Conservancy

Spring Creek Field Organizer, Friends of the Forest Preserves

Center Director, North Park Village Nature Center

Youth Board Member, Sinnissippi Audubon

Environmental Archaeologist, Illinois State Archaeological Survey

Restoration Program Manager, Citizens for Conservation

Conservation Ecologist, Field Museum

President and Executive Director, The Wetlands Initiative

Botanist, USDA Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Naturalist Aide, Forest Preserves of Cook County

Chicago Park District Volunteer Site Steward, Montrose Beach Dunes

Naturalist, Forest Preserves of Cook County

Co-steward, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary

Co-steward, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary

Volunteer Steward, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary

Imani Green Health Advocates

Biologist, Volunteer Steward

Director of Community Engagement, The Nature Conservancy - Illinois

Manager, Northwestern University

Chicago Region Trees Initiative Stewardship Coordinator, The Morton Arboretum

Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves

Conservation Data Coordinator, Audubon Great Lakes

Stewardship Ecologist, Lake County Forest Preserves

Chicago Conservation Program Director, The Nature Conservancy

Herpetology Expert

Volunteer Steward and former Naturalist, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Doctoral Student, Northern Illinois University

Bold Bison Communications and Consulting

Curator of Herpetology, Chicago Academy of Sciences

Associate Director of Community Partnerships, Albany Park Community Center

Drawing and Painting Teacher, Chicago Public Schools

Urban Conservationist, The Nature Conservancy-Indiana

Conservation Ecologist, Field Museum

GIS Specialist, Field Museum

Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University

Urban Biodiversity Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Biology Instructor, McHenry County College

Conservation Stewardship Coordinator, John G. Shedd Aquarium

Associate Professor, Minnesota State University Mankato

Vice President of Community Conservation, Openlands

Turnstone Strategies LLC

Heritage Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Ornithologist, Illinois Natural History Survey

Director of Research, Urban Rivers

Conservation Science Manager, Audubon Great Lakes

Nature Play Specialist, Chicago Park District

Bird Survey Technician, Audubon Great Lakes

Illustrator, Scientific Affiliate, Volunteer Steward

Conservation Stewardship Coordinator, John G. Shedd Aquarium

Ecologist, The Wetlands Initiative

Kankakee Sands Site Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Bat Biologist, Illinois Bat Conservation Program at Illinois Natural History Survey

Student and Teacher Programs Developer, Lincoln Park Zoo

Director of Conservation Initiatives, Kinship Foundation