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Kids Learn About Conservation at Field Museum

Sep 30, 2021 ● By Anna Marie Imbordino

As conservation-related issues across the globe continue to make mainstream news, parents of young children are finding themselves unsure how to educate them on these important, but sometimes scary healthy living topics.

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Picturing the Prairie at Chicago Botanic Garden

Jun 30, 2021

The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe has opened an exhibit of 15 large studio canvases and many smaller field paintings depicts rare, complex, diverse natural habitats that require conservation, restoration and stewardship work to protect the remaining prairies and restore others. Picturing the Prairie celebrates their vital role in our Midwestern heritage and takes visitors on a journey of prairie landscapes throughout the state of Illinois.

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Christmas Bird Counts

Nov 27, 2019

For birdwatchers, Christmas season lasts from December 14 through January 5. That’s when Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) are held throughout the Chicago region, the state, the nation and many other parts of the world.

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Buglers in the Sky

Oct 31, 2019

To some, a flock of migrating sandhill cranes sounds like bugles calling from the sky. Others say it resembles a rolling rattle, while some liken it to a prolonged French pronunciation of the letter R.

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