Wild Things 2021: Part I
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Professor, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota







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





















Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University








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Natural Communities, LLC
Bring Nature To Life

Metropolitan Food & Environmental Systems
Build stronger food systems. Learn more today. Change the world tomorrow.

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)
Nature Photographer with Merchandise for sale