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    Published: January 27, 2012

    Calumet Photographic Dispatches January 2012

    Laura Milkert, Conservation Ecology Manager, Keller Science Action Center

    Photos document the work of a volunteer day on the edge of the prairie opening at Beaubien Forest Preserve. Although the photos aren't completely aligned, can you see the difference? Invasive woody plants were no match for the busy hands of ecological volunteers. This day, we were amazed to see two bald eagles flying overhead.

    1/7/12

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    Photos document the work of a volunteer day on the edge of the prairie opening at Beaubien Forest Preserve. Although the photos aren't completely aligned, can you see the difference? Invasive woody plants were no match for the busy hands of ecological volunteers. This day, we were amazed to see two bald eagles flying overhead.

    1/16/12

    Although this photo was taken near LaSalle County west of Chicago, similar combinations of textures, juxtapositions of subtleties/extremes, reveal themselves throughout Calumet.

    Be it learning to monitor local frog populations or helping run a chainsaw to cut down invasive buckthorn, there are a multitude of ways to get involved and take care of nature throughout Chicago Wilderness.

    Laura Milkert
    Conservation Ecology Manager

    Contact

    lmilkert@fieldmuseum.org

    Laura Milkert is a Conservation Ecologist and the Ecological Stewardship Manager for the Keller Science Action Center’s Chicago Region Team. She oversees the Keller Science Action Center's stewardship and habitat restoration efforts throughout the Chicago Wilderness Region, working collaboratively with partners, land owners, and community members to care for local natural areas and to enhance quality of life in urban landscapes.