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    Published: January 27, 2012

    Calumet Photographic Dispatches January 2012

    Laura Milkert, Conservation Ecology Manager, Keller Science Action Center

    Photos document the work of a volunteer day on the edge of the prairie opening at Beaubien Forest Preserve. Although the photos aren't completely aligned, can you see the difference? Invasive woody plants were no match for the busy hands of ecological volunteers. This day, we were amazed to see two bald eagles flying overhead.

    1/7/12

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    Photos document the work of a volunteer day on the edge of the prairie opening at Beaubien Forest Preserve. Although the photos aren't completely aligned, can you see the difference? Invasive woody plants were no match for the busy hands of ecological volunteers. This day, we were amazed to see two bald eagles flying overhead.

    1/16/12

    Although this photo was taken near LaSalle County west of Chicago, similar combinations of textures, juxtapositions of subtleties/extremes, reveal themselves throughout Calumet.

    Be it learning to monitor local frog populations or helping run a chainsaw to cut down invasive buckthorn, there are a multitude of ways to get involved and take care of nature throughout Chicago Wilderness.


    Laura Milkert
    Conservation Ecology Manager

    Laura’s work integrates her varied experience in program management, habitat restoration, anthropology, and working with communities.Outside of the Field Museum, Laura takes an interest in creative endeavors of various sorts related to native and edible gardens, the intersection of art and nature (photography, papermaking and collage, pottery) and exploring the natural areas and trails of the local region and beyond.