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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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$1M awarded to wetlands restoration project on Chicago’s Southeast Side

Several environmental organizations funded a restoration project for the Powderhorn Lake Forest Preserve. From the Chicago Sun-Times–March 17, 2020 “Over 100 acres of wetlands in southeast Chicago will be restored in a three-year, $1 million project, according to the environmental...Read More

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Call for Meeting Host Proposals for the 2021 SER Midwest-Great Lakes Annual Chapter Meeting

The Society for Ecological Restoration’s Midwest Great-Lakes Chapter (SER MWGL) invites all interested parties to submit a meeting host proposal for the 2021 Annual Chapter Meeting. The deadline for submitting a meeting host proposal is March 6, 2020 and meeting...Read More

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2020 Annual Meeting: Call for Abstracts and Symposia, Workshop Proposals

The 12th annual chapter meeting of the Midwest Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) will be held: March 27-29, 2020 The Acacia Reservation Lyndhurst, Ohio We are grateful for our generous meeting hosts – Cleveland Metroparks...Read More

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West Michigan Restoration Tour

West Michigan Restoration Talk and Tour Sponsored by the Midwest Great Lakes Chapter of SER Please join the Michigan branch of the MidWest Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) on Friday, October 18th, 1 pm ~...Read More