The prairie state protects its natural areas. 

Illinois is an innovator in natural areas conservation and management. Explore Illinois’ role in the natural areas movement, review conservation and legal protection options, and discuss how management is often necessary to maintain biodiversity and natural resources in addition to legal protections. Discover ways you can contribute to the legacy of natural area protection and management alongside natural resources professionals, landowners, and volunteers who are working to make a difference in the prairie state.

Presenter: Kevin Rohling, University of Illinois

About the Forestry Stewardship Series

Illinois has 4.8 million acres of forest land. From shading homes and feeding wildlife to producing oxygen and filtering water, trees do a lot of heavy lifting. Give them a hand by discovering innovative, research-based management options in the summer Forestry Stewardship Series. Discover how to restore woodlands, learn about research about the impact of agricultural pesticides, explore the legal protections for Illinois’ natural areas, and get solutions to managing woody invasive plants and white-tailed deer.

Sessions in this five-part Forestry Stewardship Series are free and available from 2 to 3 p.m. CT on Wednesdays from July 31 to August 28.

This program is open to forestry professionals, landowners and managers, and the public. International Society of Arboriculture continuing education credits may be available.