by Bill Kleiman
We don’t have the specific dates yet, but September, 2024 looks to be the month for our GRN workshop in Franklin Grove Illinois, about two hours west of Chicago. We last hosted the GRN back in 2014. Since then we have brought back bison to parts of the preserve, and we have purchased more land and have created more prairie plantings. We have about 150 prairie plantings! We have done a lot of brush thinning, wetland creations, savanna and oak woods work. We collect a lot of seed on site and have a nice seed handling facility. We have worked very hard to keep the invasive weeds at bay. Our science program is sophisticated. Come see!
Future GRN workshops are Konza in Kansas September 10-12, 2025; Shaw Reserve in Missouri in 2026; and Kankakee Sands in Indiana in 2027
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I am ready to come see all the restoration work that has been done out there! Looking forward to when the time comes.
Have dates for this conference been set yet? Would like to bring 15-20 people from our department as your work is very similar to ours at Chichaqua Bottoms in Iowa. Wanting to make arrangements to camp nearby, if possible. Also very interested in your volunteer program.
The dates for the GRN workshop at Nachusa are September 10,11,12 of 2024. We have room for about 75 participants so your one group bringing 20 would be excessive. How about you contact me via email and I can set up something separate for your group?