Published: June 30, 2012

Calumet Photographic Dispatches June 2012

Laura Milkert, Conservation Ecology Manager, Keller Science Action Center

Colors of the summer season: Baptisia and milkweed blooming at a Greiner Nature Preserve, handmade yarn jellyfish adorn the trees of Pullman during the annual Garden Walk.

6.18.12

Colors of the summer season: Baptisia and milkweed blooming at a Greiner Nature Preserve, handmade yarn jellyfish adorn the trees of Pullman during the annual Garden Walk.

6.26.12 Ford Environmental Leadership Interns begin their summer program, like many youth involved in conservation internships with organizations like IDNR and Friends of the Forest Preserves.

6.9.12

The Annual Beaubien Woods Forest Preserve Celebration kicks off the summer season and Leave No Child Inside Month.

Want to help Restore Earth? Check out the exhibit at The Field Museum or get involved and in touch with the unexpected beauty of Calumet this summer.


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.