[BCNnet] NW Cook Sierra program: State of Nature in Cook County forest preserves

[Geoffrey A. Williamson]

The following is from Barb Hill <bchill@att.net> via
Alan Anderson <casresearch@attbi.com>.

Geoff Williamson
Chicago
williamson@iit.edu

From: Alan Anderson
To: BCN (E-mail)
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: Fw: NW Cook Sierra program: State of Nature in Cook County forest 
preserves
thought this would be of interest to area birders and bird conservationists 
too
Alan Anderson, casresearch@attbi.com Des Plaines

Original Message

From: Barbara Hill
To: Friends of Forest Preserves (E-mail) ; VSN List Server (E-mail)
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:17 PM
Subject: [fpfriends] NW Cook Sierra program: State of Nature in Cook County 
forest preserves

Date: Thursday, March 14
Time: 7:00 p.m. refreshments, 7:30 program
Place: Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary, 1111 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg

Subject: The State of Nature in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

Speaker: Steve Packard, Director, Audubon of the Chicago Region

How healthy are the natural areas in the Cook County forest preserves today?
Packard will describe the results of an unprecedented new study that answers
this question. In the summer of 2001, the Friends of the Forest Preserves,
Friends of the Parks, and Sierra Club undertook a scientific examination of
the vegetation throughout the preserves. Under the direction of Wayne Lampa
of the Conservation Research Institute, 89 volunteer botanists collected
data from 1,720 random plots. The initial results from this study were just
made public on February 26. Packard will describe the most important
findings from this widely anticipated work, and he will discuss what needs
to be done to secure the future of Cook County's rich natural heritage.
Packard is an engaging and inspiring speaker who has been on the forefront
of work to protect biodiversity throughout our region for decades.

Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary is on the south side of Schaumburg Road
between Meacham and Plum Grove Roads.

Questions? Ask Eric Patterson (eepatt@attbi.com, 847-490-0360) or Barbara
Hill (bchill@att.net, 847-991-3204).

Barbara C. Hill
1460 Joan Drive
Palatine, IL 60074
(847) 991-3204