2016 – SER Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter

SER MWGL Member Presented With Leopold Restoration Award

Joy Zedler, SER MWGL member from Madison, Wisconsin was honored on October 6 at the 2016 Leopold Restoration Awards when she received the John T. Curtis Award for career excellence in ecological restoration. Zedler recently retired from her position as...Read More

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Florida (restoration) road trip, anyone?

Who wouldn’t like a road trip to Florida? Our good friends at the Southeastern Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SE-SER) will be holding their Annual Symposium and Membership Meeting from October 18-21, 2016, at the University of Florida/IFAS North Florida...Read More

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Turning a liability into an asset: a case study of restoration from the ground up…

How many of us have encountered potential restoration sites that seemed to have some potential, but the obstacles seemed a bit too daunting, or there simply wasn’t a clear path forward – a way to get the momentum going? The...Read More

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Restoration – in my town…

During the course of this summer I have enjoyed seeing a restoration project – that is literally across the street – mature into a successful and functional ecological asset for the community. Hoffman Estates is a suburb located northwest of Chicago,...Read More

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Next webinar: July 14, 2016!

SER MWGL and SER will be co-hosting a webinar on dune restoration with speakers from Hope College. You can find more information and register for this free webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6455907142909532674.Read More

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Job Alert: Restoration Postdoc

Repost The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) is a large US Federal program aimed at protecting and restoring the largest system of surface freshwater in the world. Participating federal agencies are committed to implement a science-based “adaptive management framework” to...Read More

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SER MWGL Lunch at the NA Prairie Conference

Event: SER MWGL lunch/meet and greet/discussion What: 24th North American Prairie Conference Where: Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois Date: Wednesday July 20, 2016 Time: 11:30am to 12:45pm Room: to be determined, based upon number of attendees.Read More

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Join Us for an SER MWGL Lunch at the North American Prairie Conference

Chapter News Restoration News Midwest Blog Webinars

Upcoming Webinar: June 29th

SER MWGL, US EPA, and CSRA are co-hosting an upcoming webinar on June 29th. The webinar entitled “EPA Process and Quality Assurance Practices for Restoration Projects” and will include speakers from US EPA and CSRA. The webinar is free but...Read More

Practitioner Posts Restoration News Midwest Blog Throw Back Thursday - from the archives

Throwback Thursday: Creating and Maintaining Sand Islands at Wolf Lake

Originally published in our September 2011 newsletter. By Jon Dittmar, Cardno JFNew Wolf Lake is a 3.2 km² natural lake located on the Indiana/Illinois border near Hammond, Indiana. In pre-settlement days Wolf Lake was part of a vast complex of dunes,...Read More

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Second Annual Quad Cities Pollinator Conference

The Second Annual Quad Cities Pollinator Conference, is coming up on June 23 – 24, 2016. The conference and workshops are geared toward the agricultural community; municipal, state and federal government employees; landowners; homeowners and urban dwellers; beekeepers; and educators.Read More

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Restoration and Rememberance

One of the most common pieces of advice I have heard about writing is to write about something you know about. I guess it was meant to be that I did a little early morning birding today in Thatcher Woods...Read More

Practitioner Posts Restoration News Midwest Blog Throw Back Thursday - from the archives

Throwback Thursday: 100 Sites for 100 Years: A Chicago Wildernewss Land Management Research Program

This post was originally posted in our January 2009 newsletter. by Lauren Umek and Liam Heneghan, Institute for Nature and Culture, DePaul University Despite the recognized centrality of ecological knowledge to restoration practice, there is sometimes an unproductive disconnect between the...Read More

Annual Meetings Chapter News Events

Storify about SER MWGL Annual Meeting

We’ve been playing around with Storify and created a really cool summary of all kinds of great materials from our Annual Meeting. Check out some never seen before photos and videos: //storify.com/SERMWGL/getting-started/embed[&amp;lt;a href=”//storify.com/SERMWGL/getting-started” target=”_blank”&amp;gt;View the story “SER MWGL 2016 Wrap-Up”...Read More

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24th North American Prairie Conference

There’s no better time to visit the Prairie State than July, right? While booking your adventures to Midwestern county fairs and bbq’s perhaps you can check out the 24th North American Prairie Conference at Illinois State University, running from July...Read More