Summer Staff Development Workshops

Summer Workshop Series Sites

1995

Illinois River Wetlands: June 13-14 and 19-20 Dickson Mounds Museum Chautauqua Lake Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Banner Marsh Illinois Department of Natural Resources Northwest Illinois Glacial Wetlands: July 11-12, 13-14, and 17-18 Volo Bog State Natural Area Illinois Department of Natural Resource Glacial Park, Lost Valley Marsh McHenry County Conservation District

1996

Cache River Wetlands: June 18-19 Heron Pond Nature Preserve Illinois Department of Natural Resources Cypress Swamp U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Green River Wetlands: July 9-10 and 11-12 Green River State Wildlife Area Illinois Department of Natural Resource Vermilion River Wetlands: July 23-24 and 25-26 Kennekuk Cove County Park Forest Glen Nature Preserve, Howards Hollow Seep Vermilion County Conservation District American Bottom Wetlands: August 6-7 and 8-9 Frank Holten State Park Kidd Lake Marsh Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Illinois River Wetlands

Collecting macroinvertebrates at Banner Marsh

Northeast Illinois Glacial Wetlands

Pietra Mueller, palynologist, explaining zones of vegetation at Volo Bog

Mike Jeffords, entomologist, probing insect's parts at Volo Bog

The center of Volo Bog

Lost Valley Marsh

Teachers working in the marsh

Dan Keding, storyteller, telling stories at the Lost Valley Marsh Interpretive Center

More about Volo Bog:

• From the Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Park Information
  
• From the Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Illinois Nature and Wildlife Viewing Guide Preview
  (See more of this preview by going to https://dnr.state.il.us/watch/)
  

Cache River Wetlands

Heron Pond

Cypress Swamp

Jeff Hoover, ornithologist, with prothonotary warbler

More about Cache River Wetlands:

• From the Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Park Information
  
• From the Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Illinois Nature and Wildlife Viewing Guide Preview
  (See more of this preview by going to https://dnr.state.il.us/watch/)
  
• From The Nature Conservancy
  

More about Cypress Creek:

• From RefugeNet
  

More about Heron Pond:

• From The Nature Conservancy

Green River Wetlands

Wayne Frankie, geologist, collecting macroinvertebrates

The wet meadow

More about Green River State Wildlife Area:

• From the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Vermilion River Wetlands

Soil scientist pulling a soil core

Wayne Frankie, geologist, explaining soil and clay types

Tributary creek of the Vermilion River

Mike Wiant, archaeologist, going through an archaeology hands-on activity

American Bottom Wetlands

Beth Shea, Project Director and botanist, in field examining American Lotus at Kidd Lake Marsh

American lotus

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