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EVENTS
and PROGRAMS
Please
call 847-968-3321 to register for programs - various fees
apply.
Ryerson
Reads
Click here for a sneak peak at Season 5.
Riverwoods
Photo Club
1st and 3rd Mondays of the Month
7:00 - 9:00 pm
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here for more information...
Skokie
Valley Astronomers
First Friday of the month
8:00 - 9:30 pm followed by viewing, if weather permits
Call Gretchen Patti at 630-393-7929 or email Gretchen at gpatti@tezzaron.com.
Click here for more information...
Restoration
Workdays
Saturdays
May 24
(meet at the Welcome Center)
9:00 am
New volunteers and groups of four or more: RSVP
to Tom Smith, Stewardship Coordinator, at 847-968-3329, so
we can be sure to bring enough equipment for everyone. Please
call for directions to work sites, as many tend to be off
the beaten path.
Summer
Camps
It's
not too early to think about summer camp!
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Northern Cardinal
(Jim Schultz, photographer)
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SPRING ACTIVITIES
Stargazing
Stellar Reports
Friday,
May 9th
8 - 9:30 pm
Join the Skokie Valley Astronomers for their monthly indoor
programs. If the night is clear, we'll follow the meeting
with a stargazing session using club telescopes.
Adults and interested young people are welcome.
Free, no registration required.
At the Welcome Center
Questions? Call Gretchen at 630.393.7929 or email gpatti@tezzaron.com.
Smith
Nature Symposium
The Great Lakes Water Wars
Sunday,
May 10th
5:30
- 9:30 pm
 Acclaimed
author of The Great Lakes Water Wars, Peter Annin will be
the Keynote speaker for this year’s Smith Nature Symposium.
"This is the definitive book about the fight over Great
Lakes water. The book does for the Great Lakes what Ansel
Adams’s photos did for Yosemite–it shows the world
what a precious and irreplaceable resource the Great Lakes
are, and why it is so important that they be protected."
The evening’s festivities include a reception, silent
auction, dinner and keynote address.
$125 per person
$25 ($20 for FRW members) for dessert and keynote only (beginning
at 8:15 pm)
At
Brushwood
(photo
courtesy of The Alliance for the Great Lakes)
Discovering
our Ravines
Sunday,
May 18th
1:00
- 4:00 pm
 Come
walk beautiful ravines during peak songbird migration and
spring wildflowers. Ravines to the shores of Lake Michigan
are one of the ecological signatures of the north shore of
Chicago. But, how much do we really know about our ravines?
Join us as we compare and contrast two neighboring yet dramatically
different ravines. First we’ll visit Bartlett Ravine,
part of Openlands’ new 77-acre Lakeshore Preserve in
Fort Sheridan. Plans for this degraded ravine include restoring
native ecosystems and erosion protection. In dramatic contrast,
we’ll next visit nearby 61-acre McCormick Ravine in
Lake Forest. Home to numerous rare plants, this is an example
of one the finest remaining Lake Michigan ravine forests.
Representatives from Openlands and Lake Forest Open Lands
will be our guides.
Meet at Barlett Ravine; directions provided upon registration.
$15 ($10 FRW members).
To register with a membership discount, call 847.968.3321.
(photo
courtesy of Lake Forest Open Lands)
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