Online or Mail-in Received through Feb 22: $50, At the Door: $55
Due to on-going construction at the college, the main doors to the commons area may be closed. The entrance to the left (under the Luecht Auditorium sign) will be open, and leads directly to the registration table.
If you would like to observe Covid protocols, there will be a section where masks and distancing are required.
Schedule of Events:
8:00-8:30 Registration & Coffee
8:30-8:40 Welcome
8:40-10:10
“Midwestern Butterflies and Moths: Morphology and Conservation”
Steve Sass
Co-founder, Indiana Nature LLC and Ecometrid
10:10-10:30 Break/Visit Vendor Exhibits
10:30-12:00
“Woodland Restoration from Forests to Front Yards”
Justin Vozzo
Extension Specialist in Forestry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
12:00-1:00 Lunch & Exhibits (Buffet Lunch Included With Your Registration. Sorry, we cannot accommodate special lunch requests.)
1:00-2:30
“RELIX: What Prairie Remnant Species Lists and Metadata Tell Us About Midwestern Biodiversity and Restoration”
Dr. Jack Zinnen
Assistant Research Scientist
Illinois Natural History Survey
2:30-2:45 Break/Visit Vendor Exhibits
2:45-3:45
“A Conservation Success Story: Recovery of the Great Lakes Piping Plovers”
Brad Semel
Endangered Species Recovery Specialist
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
We will also have exhibits for natural gardening services, products, garden art and books.
(Wish to exhibit? See our Vendor Guide for details. You may also complete the Vendor Registration online.)
