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ILLINOIS BIRDING Calendar
The Illinois birding calendar will be updated as often as needed. If you
wish to add or correct a birding calendar item, please send an email to
webmaster@wildbirding.com
"Wild Things"
A Chicago Wilderness Conference for People and Nature More than 75
workshops, speakers and seminars on wildlife, ecological restoration,
outreach, advocacy, nature in your back yard, and more.
WHEN? WHERE?
Saturday, February 26, 2005
8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
HOW TO REGISTER?
In the next several months, registration information will be posted on
listserves and sent to all Chicago Wilderness organizations.
WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
Contact Rebecca Blazer at
rblazer@audubon.org to find out about opportunities on
the planning committees.
HOW TO SUBMIT A PRESENTATION PROPOSAL?
Email a brief expression of your interest to
quirkaceae@yahoo.com. Include your
name and phone number, a presentation title, a paragraph about your proposed
topic, and a paragraph introducing yourself and the background or
experiences that you are drawing upon to discuss this topic. Also, please
include a note about what type of nature volunteer/enthusiast would find
this topic useful (e.g., birders, volunteer stewards, butterfly monitors,
etc.) and how they might use the information you have to share. More
detailed submission guidelines will be forwarded to you shortly.
SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS:
Bird Conservation Network
Chicago Park District
Chicago Wilderness consortium
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Friends of the Chicago River
IL Butterfly Monitoring Network
IL Chapter of the Sierra Club
McHenry County Conservation District
NPS Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Northeastern Illinois University
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
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