Wild Things 2021: Part I
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Speakers
Ecologist, The Wetlands Initiative
Nature Play Specialist, Chicago Park District
Conservation Science Manager, Audubon Great Lakes
Ornithologist, Illinois Natural History Survey
Heritage Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Conservation Stewardship Coordinator, John G. Shedd Aquarium

Biology Instructor, McHenry County College
Urban Biodiversity Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy

Director of Research, Urban Rivers

Doctoral Student, Northern Illinois University
Herpetology Expert
Biologist, Volunteer Steward
Director of Conservation Initiatives, Kinship Foundation
Volunteer Steward, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary
Imani Green Health Advocates
GIS Specialist, Field Museum
Conservation Ecologist, Field Museum
Urban Conservationist, The Nature Conservancy-Indiana
Associate Director of Community Partnerships, Albany Park Community Center
Co-steward, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary
Chicago Park District Volunteer Site Steward, Montrose Beach Dunes
Naturalist Aide, Forest Preserves of Cook County
Co-steward, Clark Street Beach Bird Sanctuary
Restoration Program Manager, Citizens for Conservation
Botanist, USDA Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Environmental Archaeologist, Illinois State Archaeological Survey

Youth Board Member, Sinnissippi Audubon

Spring Creek Field Organizer, Friends of the Forest Preserves
Nachusa Grasslands Project Director, The Nature Conservancy

Birder
Restoration Volunteer and Chief Conservation Officer, Bobolink Foundation
Communications Chair, Bird Conservation Network

Lead Advisor, Chi-Nations Youth Council
Wildlife Biologist, Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Founder and Co-director, Fraternal Forest

Director, Chicago Region Trees Initiative
Urban Ecologist and Conservationist
Conservation Ecologist, Field Museum
Wildlife Biologist, Lake County Forest Preserve District
Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Co-Founder & President, Black Oaks Center
Owner, All Grass Farms in Dundee, Illinois
Executive Director, The Land Conservancy of McHenry County
Director of Land Preservation & Natural Resources, McHenry County Conservation District
Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota
Program Manager, Friends of the Forest Preserves
Environmental Education and Playworker, Fraternal Forest
Board member, Sinnissippi Audubon and the Illinois Bobcat Foundation
Booths

Natural Communities, LLC
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Metropolitan Food & Environmental Systems
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Turnstone Strategies LLC
Turnstone Strategies LLC is a Chicago-based marketing/communications firm with specialties in strategic planning, storytelling, content development and public relations. The film "Monty and Rose" and the newsletter This Week in Birding are projects of Turnstone Strategies.

Blue Aster Studio
Art and gifts by nature lovers, for nature lovers

Chicago Ornithological Society
All things birds in the Second City. The hub of advocacy, conservation action and bird nerds since 1912.

Forest Schools for Illinois
We're working to pass a bill to legalize outdoor preschools in our state.

Geography and Environmental Studies Department; Northeastern Illinois University
Putting YOU on the map!

Illinois Bobcat Foundation
Bobcat - Illinois' Native Cat

Missouri Prairie Foundation
The Missouri Prairie Foundation is a private, nonprofit, 501(c)(3) prairie conservation organization and land trust.

DuPage Birding Club
Birding with a purpose

DePaul University: Master of Science in Environmental Science
Think Outside the Greenhouse

Chicago River Canoe and Kayak
Chicago River Canoe and Kayak

Davey Resource Group, Inc.
Solutions Through Innovation and Expertise

Forest Preserves of Cook County
70,000 acres of wild and wonderful

The Conservation Foundation
We save land. We save rivers.

Stantec
We've got the environment down to a science

Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Education and Research Shaping a More Sustainable Future

Wild Birds Unlimited - Glenview & Arlington Heights
We bring people and nature together.

The Nature Conservancy
The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends

Illinois Native Plant Society
Dedicated to the study, appreciation, and conservation of the native flora and natural communities of Illinois.

Illinois Botanizer (Chris Benda)
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