Wildlife

Events

Master Naturalist Volunteer Program

August 6, 2024 - September 17, 2024

County

LaSalle

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Partnering for Pollinators: Garden Photography & Videography

August 10, 2024

County

DeKalb

Resources to Address Deer Impacts to Woodlands

August 28, 2024

Blog Posts

Conservation@Home Member Spotlight: Laura Hertz

July 24, 2024

By Laura Hertz, Illinois Extension Master Gardener serving Fulton, Mason, Peoria, and Tazewell countiesIn 2018, I became aware of the...

Embark on new adventures with Everyday Environment

July 18, 2024

I am always excited for a new adventure – the anticipation of looking around the bend to the next interesting feature on a trail; the view at the top...

Reassessing the opossum-tick relationship: Is it a good idea to attract opossum's to your yard?

June 14, 2024

It seems like every social media exchange where the topic of ticks or opossums comes up, I see a meme or photo glorifying the opossum and saying they...

In search of the American badger

June 6, 2024

By Carla Rich Montez, Extension Master Naturalist serving Fulton, Mason, Peoria, and Tazewell countiesIt’s not easy to examine the life of...

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News Releases

June 20, 2024

Take care of your trees with summer Forestry Stewardship Series
URBANA, Ill. — Illinois has 4.8 million acres of tree-covered 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...

June 10, 2024

Conservation project tracks behavior, migration of Chicago's endangered heron
URBANA, Ill. — Among the snowbirds returning north for the summer, A24 is special. For one thing, A24 is an actual bird: a Black-crowned night heron, to be exact. And it has just returned to Chicago to join hundreds of its kind nesting near Lake Michigan. But unlike the human snowbirds that...

May 8, 2024

Adventures await in Naturalist Core Education program
LEWISTOWN, Ill. - University of Illinois Extension's Naturalist Core Education Training is designed for adults of any age who love to learn about the natural world. The goal of the program is not to teach people everything there is to know about the...

May 2, 2024

Extension’s dedication to environment grows with new campus natural resources expert
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The wild spaces of Illinois are smaller than what they once were, but the forests and prairies that remain are vital for wildlife and the ecosystem services they provide. Across the state, University of Illinois Extension’s network of natural resource experts connects...

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