Wetland Training Workshops Illinois!
Sign up now! Attend two wetland workshop training opportunities where participants can learn how to build wetlands that improve breeding habitat for rare species of wildlife. Illinois Chorus Frog Wetland Workshop: March 20-24, 2023 Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge, Meredosia Illinois...Read More
For the Love of Restoration: Tradition and Adaptation. Join us on April 14-16, 2023 for our Annual Chapter meeting! This year, we are excited to announce that the Midwest Great Lakes chapter meeting will be held in Baraboo, Wisconsin at...Read More
Winter Webinar: Managing Midwestern Ecosystem Restorations in the Face of Changing Climate.
Our webinar is now available online! Click here to watch the recording. About the webinar: A panel of experts and practitioners in the field of Ecological Restoration will discuss the planning and management of midwestern ecosystems (woodlands, savannas, prairies and...Read More
Restoration through the eyes of Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Our visit to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community on September 2, 2022, was a wonderful day! The day began in the lobby of the Hoċokata Ti’ cultural center where we introduced ourselves (all 25 of us!) before we had a...Read More
SER Midwest-Great Lakes Webinar: Engaging Volunteers In Ecological Restoration
View our chapter’s fall webinar online now! The goal of this webinar is to encourage SER members and organizations to engage with volunteer stewards on ecological restoration work both large and small. Our panel will share their successful engagements with...Read More
Ball State University to host a Wetland Restoration Workshop–Oct 1st & 2nd, 2022
Ball State University’s Field Station and Environmental Education Center is hosting this hands-on workshop to demonstrate practical, low- cost techniques to create or restore natural and native wetland habitats. Participants learn to select suitable locations, test soil texture, choose appropriate...Read More
American Society of Reclamation Sciences–39th Annual Meeting June 12-16, 2022
SER Midwest Great Lakes Chapter to Co-host The 2022 meeting of the American Society of Reclamation Sciences will be held June 12-16th, 2022 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (“DECC”) on the shore of Lake Superior in Duluth, MN. We...Read More
Student Researchers Recognized at 2021 SER MWGL Annual Chapter Meeting
Several student members of the SER MWGL chapter were presented with awards on April 29th at this year’s virtual conference business meeting/awards ceremony. Among those receiving awards was Alexa Wagner who won the the 2021 SER MWGL Student Restoration...Read More
2021 Student Grant Program Request for Proposals Now Open
The Society for Ecological Restoration Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter (SER MWGL) 2021 annual student grant program is now requesting proposals. The application deadline is April 12, 2021. The award program is open to all undergraduate and graduate students who are members...Read More
New Initiative: Increasing Native American Participation in SER MWGL Activities
SER Midwest Great Lakes Receives SER Partnership Fund Grant The SER Midwest-Great Lakes chapter in November 2020 received a Society for Ecological Restoration Partnership grant for activities focused on establishing greater connections to Midwestern-Great Lakes Native American tribes (Ojibwe,...Read More
Illinois Restoration Ecologists Measured 34 Years of Plant Community Change in a Degraded Oak Woodland
SER MWGL member Karen Glennemeier, and colleagues Stephen Packard, and Greg Spyreas recently published in PLOS ONE results of their 34-year study documenting plant community change in Vestal Grove in the Somme Prairie Grove forest preserve in Cook County, Illinois....Read More
Woody Invasives of the Great Lakes Collaborative Summit–Nov 5-6, 2020
This two day on-line symposium is being hosted as part of the Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference’s 2020 online event. If you are interested in invasive species topics broadly, we highly encourage you to check out www.umisc.net and register for...Read More
New Resource for Prairie Seed and Seedling Identification
by Ashton Merbach The restoration of any tallgrass prairie begins with the seed itself. When beginning a restoration project, it is important to have the proper tools to identify which seed you are planting and are able to identify its...Read More
Project Wingspan Takes Flight Across the Midwest and Great Lakes Region
As you may know, the iconic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and its spectacular migration are in jeopardy. Their North American numbers have suffered a steep decline of approximately 90% over the past two decades, and in 2014 the U.S. Fish...Read More
The Virtual Field Trip: A Mitigation Strategy for the COVID-19 Pandemic
July 12–by Lara Roketentz, at-large member of SER MWGL Board of Directors The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive disruptions in higher education. Faculty across disciplines are struggling to quickly transition to virtual classrooms. Nowhere has this been more difficult than...Read More