http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news daily 0.75 2026-02-10 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2026/2/10/curtailing-cattails monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/e34cc375-f129-4d25-9690-e47b8a97b5e8/Cattail+blog+1.jpg Featured News - Curtailing Cattails - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1770745969999-WOWEC1OSORROD0KIFXG4/Cattail+blog+2.jpg Featured News - Curtailing Cattails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1770752926434-K15HA9SJK78K1EK9Y4KA/Cattail%2Bblog%2B4.jpg Featured News - Curtailing Cattails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1770746193657-TQA34I0CZ667UMFHJS2L/Cattail+blog+3.jpg Featured News - Curtailing Cattails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1770746350895-6KIFFCWX8RCVX3CRKYQH/Cattail+blog+5.jpg Featured News - 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The Wetlands Initiative awarded new federal funding for community-driven restoration planning along the West Branch of the Little Calumet River in Gary, IN - Make it stand out Community Advisory Board Members participate in an on-site design meeting at the Chase Street Complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/9ac436fe-5872-4974-a205-5393be598e13/West+Branch+map.png Featured News - The Wetlands Initiative awarded new federal funding for community-driven restoration planning along the West Branch of the Little Calumet River in Gary, IN - Make it stand out Map showing the nearly 800-acre Chase Street Complex and the West Branch of the Little Calumet River floodplain corridor. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2025/6/5/fourteen-chicago-area-wetlands-to-visit-this-summer monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/41c880af-1444-4099-9ea8-040360f421ac/14+Wetlands+2.png Featured News - Fourteen Chicago-area Wetlands to Visit This Summer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/f19e93d8-3130-4b0f-888b-292008227778/14+Wetlands+3.2.png Featured News - Fourteen Chicago-area Wetlands to Visit This Summer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2025/5/1/twi-targets-over-400-acres-of-wetland-and-prairie-for-prescribed-burns monthly 0.5 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/4f9fc1c1-d769-4800-9cf1-d67ed425b6c6/IMG_0236.jpg Featured News - TWI Targets Over 400 Acres of Wetland and Prairie for Prescribed Burns - Make it stand out TWI crew members conduct a burn at Square Marsh on March 11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1746122391447-SEQ21ZFDQBRHX61WK9P3/20250311_141609.jpg Featured News - TWI Targets Over 400 Acres of Wetland and Prairie for Prescribed Burns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1746122393197-OAH5ZB5KYEDHHXKCDK3F/IMG_0190.jpg Featured News - 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New Leadership Driving the Wetlands Initiative’s Strategic Board Recruitment - Make it stand out TWI continues to expand its organizational reach and leadership in the bi-state Calumet Region. Photo by Dr. Gary Sullivan. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/gary-sullivan-retirement monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253695835-PEMSLU7LTV8B2VOU66JA/prairie+with+owl+barn+and+gary_2+-+by+Jill+7-26-14.jpg Featured News - Celebrating Dr. Gary Sullivan’s Retirement - Make it stand out Gary Sullivan looks out over the project that brought him to TWI twenty-three years ago, the beautiful Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/3135eca7-f976-4659-ad21-82da8a34b1fe/PB+signature+wide+for+squarespace.PNG Featured News - Celebrating Dr. Gary Sullivan’s Retirement - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721251631995-5QM5M4NQM6980GI6TLR2/Gary+advertising+Koval.jpg Featured News - Celebrating Dr. Gary Sullivan’s Retirement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721251397764-IIK2IYM8593H309YY6Q6/10YearJacketGroup+.jpeg Featured News - 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Celebrating Dr. Gary Sullivan’s Retirement https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721251614542-YVK5YWAFJWLN7V5MG8N1/Visiting+the+International+Crane+Foundation%2C+April+2016.jpg Featured News - Celebrating Dr. Gary Sullivan’s Retirement http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2024/7/10/year-of-the-cicada monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/757846ee-5b39-44aa-b749-68b76e138fb6/cicadas.jpg Featured News - Year of the Cicada - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/cb1a66f2-9642-463e-8f31-467b93ce5422/6-27-07+096.jpeg Featured News - Year of the Cicada - Make it stand out The author offering her dog, Otis, a cicada snack in the summer of 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/5c296a4e-5d46-4945-9eec-adec51d28904/Brier+Gunderson+on+her+mom%27s+back.png Featured News - 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Plant power: Ecologists map vegetative makeup of Smart Wetlands to guide ecosystem management - Make it stand out Native swamp milkweed (foreground) and hybrid cattail were identified in the recent surveys. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2024/4/17/nipsco-nisource-press-release monthly 0.5 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/4531e40e-5800-4ff8-813e-fbb41a5bd6fa/1-Chase+St+Complex+looking+south+byTWI.jpg Featured News - NIPSCO and NiSource Partner with TWI for Ecological Restoration, Land Preservation, and Community-Driven Planning Project in NW Indiana - Make it stand out A view of the Chase Street Complex. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/midewin-america-the-beautiful monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/4b159561-9143-4b55-b1e1-9301ebadde1e/Midewin+bison+herd.jpg Featured News - Openlands and the Wetlands Initiative awarded historic $1.5M for grassland habitat expansion and restoration at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie - Make it stand out Caption: A flock of birds soar over Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, where a herd of bison plays a vital role in grassland habitat restoration. 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Photo by Vicky Sroczynski. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/26d8b30e-07a0-48aa-9b3f-1481123d6311/Trumpeter+Swan+photo+-+Dale+Bowman.jpg Featured News - Birders flock to the Refuge to see unusual avian guests - Make it stand out A pair of Trumpeter Swans has been spending time at the Refuge all summer. Photo by Dale Bowman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/7a90af69-7a27-4f7b-9127-f2e3068d47fc/Christmas+Bird+Count+12-16-21.JPG Featured News - Birders flock to the Refuge to see unusual avian guests - Make it stand out Scott Harp (second from left) with other birders at the Refuge during the 2021 Hennepin Christmas Bird Count. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2023/5/2/2023-dixon-refuge-paddling-and-fishing-season-opened-may-1st monthly 0.5 2023-05-02 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/pollinator-bioblitz monthly 0.5 2022-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1663359143820-H2GK7DCF4EQ8TIENBT02/Tower+to+Seep+hike+-+by+Vera+Leopold.JPG Featured News - Pollinator BioBlitz finds Dixon Refuge abuzz - Make it stand out Pollinator BioBlitz participants document species during the tower-to-seep guided hike at the Dixon Refuge. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1663360015267-OX2DNF4J6S6N65DLXZUE/Rusty-patched%2Bbumble%2Bbee%2B-%2BTower%2Bto%2BSeep%2BAM%2B-%2BJoseph%2BMcDermott.jpg Featured News - Pollinator BioBlitz finds Dixon Refuge abuzz - Make it stand out The federally endangered rusty patched bumble bee found during the Pollinator BioBlitz. Photo by Joseph McDermott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1663360291441-05X3X9CY3ZSSLLH70YG1/Frank%252BHitchell%252Band%252BAngella%252BMoorehouse%252Bsheet%252Blighting%252B-%252Bby%252BMichelle%252BCordrey.jpg Featured News - Pollinator BioBlitz finds Dixon Refuge abuzz - Make it stand out Angella Moorehouse and Frank Hitchell set up sheet lighting to survey nighttime pollinators. Photo by Michelle Cordrey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1663360095289-BVDYLXFDOH7DOIMZX0G8/Hyles+lineata+-+White-lined+sphinx+moth.jpg Featured News - Pollinator BioBlitz finds Dixon Refuge abuzz - Make it stand out A white-lined sphinx moth drawn to the sheet lighting. Photo by Angella Moorehouse. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/cranes monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1648839880649-XA5CSLX2XI72UNNKTLXV/Clubhouse+Crane+Count+4.17.21+-+Vera+Leopold.jpg Featured News - Cranes at the Dixon Refuge and beyond - Make it stand out Sunrise along the Illinois River during the 2021 crane count. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1648840103521-YFF6Z0C1Q1I04J0EG5F6/Sandhill+Cranes+at+the+Refuge.jpg Featured News - Cranes at the Dixon Refuge and beyond - Make it stand out Sandhill Cranes flying over the Dixon Refuge. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1648840456429-02F0R3YTI7J90Q7URTZW/NGS_4451.jpg Featured News - Cranes at the Dixon Refuge and beyond - Make it stand out A nesting Sandhill Crane at the Dixon Refuge. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/du-partnership monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1648756143390-WPLJ8E5HFVQHHIS5M05K/BC+SW1.jpg Featured News - New ag partnership with Ducks Unlimited - A TWI constructed wetland from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1648756200145-JX34DDALEP1YBT1I81WU/ThackerBeauty3-5-31-17_flyer+crop.jpg Featured News - New ag partnership with Ducks Unlimited - The same constructed wetland up close. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/milkweed-and-monarchs monthly 0.5 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632169010589-UEQ94LCG10UPEF8V4LYE/tall+green+milkweed+3.jpg Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Tall Green Milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632169068481-0P64P77MNO4JMSSHMS76/swamp+milkweed+1.jpg Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Swamp Milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632176280330-C90HEM5QKCLA8YAK3LZW/short+green+milkweed+1.jpg Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Short Green Milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632169599033-BP5KS3PW6RT4WHVW97KF/Wild+Butterfly++Weed.jpg Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Butterfly Weed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632176345901-0X4AG50ZANG5N24C6YN2/spider+milkweed+1.jpg Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Spider Milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632169039129-HIBU55AKQ0A60WR1H98Z/prairie+milkweed+%281%29.JPG Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Prairie Milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632240953110-NM0EE08W1HKBQ6A82KMG/TWI-Monarch4.jpg Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Make it stand out Keeping seed predators away from a newly forming seedpod. Photo by Bill Glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1632174279079-V0JE613THVYJCIOCGNQS/Milkweed+plugs+2020+by+Jason.jpeg Featured News - Milkweed project helps keep monarchs flying across Illinois - Make it stand out Thousands of propagated milkweed seedlings await planting at Midewin in spring 2020. Photo by Jason Pettit/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/motus-towers monthly 0.5 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1631648462507-2JV7M6PZH0Z8B3Z0X5OV/Tower+installation.jpg Featured News - Motus towers at the Dixon Refuge: Helping to unlock migration mysteries - Make it stand out UIUC researchers installing one of three Motus towers at the Dixon Refuge in summer 2021. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1631649931521-HC61F9OQBN5Y6OSFSBNG/Motus+tower+locations.jpg Featured News - Motus towers at the Dixon Refuge: Helping to unlock migration mysteries - Make it stand out This map shows the locations of Motus detection stations across the United States (click on the map to go to motus.org to zoom in or out on the map). http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/ecology-and-engineering monthly 0.5 2021-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1616796788010-QYOFFYT0REEDNBZK352J/stop+log+weir+1.jpg Featured News - When ecology meets engineering: Restoring wetlands in the Calumet A water-control structure similar to what will be installed at two sites on the West Branch of the Little Calumet River. Photo courtesy of Mississippi State University Extension. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1616789125730-533XUE5TRUDFQX4UYQ75/Hemi-marsh+example+by+Gary.jpg Featured News - When ecology meets engineering: Restoring wetlands in the Calumet An example of healthy hemi-marsh at TWI’s Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1616789303777-T74VFJVBMRLO91Y7B9ZK/Muskrat+photo+by+Gary.jpg Featured News - When ecology meets engineering: Restoring wetlands in the Calumet Muskrats help “engineer” hemi-marsh by creating openings in the vegetation. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/midewin-project-history monthly 0.5 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1612373082517-1LFIEGRGXWQI8V9KL96S/map_TWI_History_8x11_29jan21.jpg Featured News - 3,376 acres and counting: TWI's restoration projects at Midewin TWI’s completed and current restoration projects at Midewin (click to enlarge map). Map by Jim Monchak/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1612375442023-838NY7TKNGN56DE3PO0W/Before%2B%25237%2B-%2B7-25-12%2Bexcavation%2B2.jpg Featured News - 3,376 acres and counting: TWI's restoration projects at Midewin Lobelia Meadows before restoration. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1612375290401-AEJANEV6IHRS5ZWWIKW6/Lobelia+Mdws+-+Post-restoration+diverse+habitats.jpg Featured News - 3,376 acres and counting: TWI's restoration projects at Midewin Lobelia Meadows after restoration. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1612383373115-CFIGMEUGW8VJ65NPRGQJ/great+blue+heron+.jpg Featured News - 3,376 acres and counting: TWI's restoration projects at Midewin A Great Blue Heron in the restored South Patrol Road wetlands. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/julian-hoffman monthly 0.5 2020-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1607365421231-9UAZ8TQ1SA2QF9E3TXJR/Starting+restoration+at+Lobelia+Meadows+%28Iza+Redlinski%29.jpg Featured News - Restoring wetlands: A path into the future Bill Glass (center) with TWI Senior Ecologist Gary Sullivan (left) starting restoration of Midewin’s Lobelia Meadows. Photo by Iza Redlinski. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1607366259532-TILCGGPGCG1JI21ELADO/Lobelia+Meadows+restored+%28Gary+Sullivan%29.jpg Featured News - Restoring wetlands: A path into the future Midewin’s Lobelia Meadows restored to a prairie–wetland landscape. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1607367937909-DLWNA80RFRZKUVURKGE8/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Restoring wetlands: A path into the future Canoeing at TWI’s Dixon Waterfowl Refuge, where the lakes had been drained for farming for almost 100 years before restoration began. Photo by Iza Redlinski. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1607368043212-LS096PH76FINEZJRCHYK/White+pelicans+migrating+at+the+Dixon+Refuge+%28Gary+Sullivan%29.jpg Featured News - Restoring wetlands: A path into the future American white pelicans stopping over during migration at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1607369687307-1YR3E0C29OT5DDMMLD3S/Outdoor+author+photo+%28Ken+Hoffman%29.jpg Featured News - Restoring wetlands: A path into the future Julian Hoffman, author and naturalist. Photo by Ken Hoffman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1607368465135-WLIJKVWHVZVP7WBRDCWM/Planting+at+Indian+Ridge+Marsh+%28Gary+Sullivan%29.jpg Featured News - Restoring wetlands: A path into the future Planting seedlings to help restore Indian Ridge Marsh in Chicago’s Calumet region. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/virtual-field-classes monthly 0.5 2020-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1599078418612-NGT4ZJ88IUIOR0P5MI8X/GaryBZpresentation.jpg Featured News - TWI ecologists teach virtual field classes during COVID-19 TWI Senior Ecologist Gary Sullivan presenting on Midewin restoration to Brookfield Zoo master’s students via Zoom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1599241546353-276GR861YIQESJ0VDNNM/Pop+quiz.jpg Featured News - TWI ecologists teach virtual field classes during COVID-19 Anna’s pop quiz at the beginning of her class: Which of these photos show a wetland? (Scroll to the end of the article for the answers.) http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/violet-meadow monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1596051115025-2YFCC87M18F02YLP5J6W/Prairie+violet+%28to+be+planted+at+Violet+Meadow%29+-+Gary+Sullivan.jpg Featured News - New Violet Meadow project at the Dixon Refuge Prairie violets are one of the native species to be planted at Violet Meadow. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1596052505522-AYLNMYCPJJ7S4OZF92AC/Violet+Meadow+map%2C+7-29-20.jpg Featured News - New Violet Meadow project at the Dixon Refuge Violet Meadow will have a broad range of habitat types in a relatively compact area, along with a trail and viewing platform for visitors (click on map to enlarge). Map by Jim Monchak/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1596052921722-J351W6KJIXXO6CTHQSAG/milk+snake+1.jpg Featured News - New Violet Meadow project at the Dixon Refuge Violet Meadow will provide the full range of habitats needed by the eastern milk snake across its life cycle. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/al-pyott monthly 0.5 2020-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1593112879810-QOSCEY44UHI7DZ1CIL24/Al+and+his+family%2C+color+corrected+version.JPG Featured News - Remembering Al Pyott Al Pyott (center) with his wife, Liza, and their children at the dedication of the Pyott Pavilion at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge in June 2018. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/farm-progress-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568834021134-XOQW5R1IV0ARWTRL0DST/Entrance+to+Farm+Progress.jpeg Featured News - TWI exhibits at the nation's largest outdoor farm show Jill Kostel, TWI’s senior environmental engineer, approaches the main entrance gate to the huge Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois. Photo by John Briel/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568834059620-QY6VTK0DB9O52LMJSF3B/JM_Farm+Progress_IMG_6220.JPG Featured News - TWI exhibits at the nation's largest outdoor farm show TWI's Farm Progress Show display included an informative small-scale replica of a Smart Wetland. Photo by Jean McGuire/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/mircc-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568827002199-70VG1LJTYIGY18Z2T1TE/HH+aerial+photos+2005.jpg Featured News - Illinois River partnership leads to Refuge benefits An aerial photo shows the Hennepin & Hopper Lakes system and rich restored habitat at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge along the Illinois River (visible along the left). http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/moths-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568825864142-I0PSDPR8STOU5RXGZIUU/_D804861.jpg Featured News - Night-flying biodiversity revealed at TWI sites In just a few months of mothing this summer, TWI’s Trevor Edmonson has come across some of Illinois “moth-ers” most cherished finds, like the chickweed geometer moth. Photo by Trevor Edmonson/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568825905463-C3UY4FW3DKKVBFSKFT2L/blackberry+looper+-+Trevor+Edmonson.jpg Featured News - Night-flying biodiversity revealed at TWI sites Another treasured find for Illinois moth enthusiasts, the gorgeous blackberry looper moth. Photo by Trevor Edmonson/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568825978118-6Z66EK5L7OD5SL5RDQMP/IMG_3662+-+Vera+Leopold.JPG Featured News - Night-flying biodiversity revealed at TWI sites A National Moth Week celebration at Chicago’s Indian Ridge Marsh attracted more than 30 participants—and 76 moth species. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568826086508-GTNORLRE0U58MROQM0RG/Photo+Sep+07%2C+9+17+09+PM+-+Phoebe+Thatcher.jpg Featured News - Night-flying biodiversity revealed at TWI sites Equipped with reflectors, a headlamp, and a special lens, Trevor has all he needs to photograph moths—including the essential prone position. Photo by Phoebe Thatcher/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1568826149430-OR0GELB3EKU90O1G7FQ6/DSC05269+-+Lindsay+Appel.jpg Featured News - Night-flying biodiversity revealed at TWI sites The Peoria Academy of Science’s Frank Hitchell examines nocturnal insects by lamplight at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Photo by Lindsay Appel. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/midewin-seed-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1553871334976-FEJXWPZSNUMELNGQFIWJ/Trevor+with+seed+shipment+-+Don+Gross.jpg Featured News - Sowing the seeds of a vast new prairie at Midewin TWI Midewin Project Manager Trevor Edmonson watches as bags of native seed are unloaded off a truck. In all, TWI planted 9,817 pounds of seed across 574 acres. Photo by Donald Gross/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1553871390468-4NSDG0VRFNI7GJ6OAX6O/Mixing+seed+by+hand+-+Phoebe.jpg Featured News - Sowing the seeds of a vast new prairie at Midewin TWI field restoration crew members mix seed by hand in Midewin’s horticulture building. Photo by Phoebe Thatcher/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1553871464263-0H9JGHT0H8FTFO3MR342/MidewinMap_7yearRestorationArea.jpg Featured News - Sowing the seeds of a vast new prairie at Midewin A map of the seven-year restoration area (in bright green) showing new planting areas for 2019 (cross-hatch) and ammunition bunkers that the Forest Service has removed (yellow dots). Map by Jim Monchak/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/wild-things-2019 monthly 0.5 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1553870331248-42RVL36CWVHQ1HG7LND8/Wild+Things+logo.png Featured News - Where the Wild Things are, that's where you'll find TWI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1553870370448-0KFRPPJWLB49AAV5R45Q/IMG_0867+adjusted.jpg Featured News - Where the Wild Things are, that's where you'll find TWI TWI Ecologist Anna Braum (left) and Development and Communications Assistant Phoebe Thatcher (in pink t-shirt) discussing the 2018 BioBlitz experience with Wild Things attendees. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/irm-calendar monthly 0.5 2019-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1553804540655-RWB0ERP8TP7034B8LKIY/NGS_1261.JPG Featured News - All hands on deck for 2019 events at Chicago’s Indian Ridge Marsh Last spring’s biggest plug-planting volunteer day brought more than 90 people out to Indian Ridge Marsh and inspired this year’s expanded schedule of community opportunities. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1553804958733-NA763NIY5VX4IKTTB1I7/IRM+map+for+web.jpg Featured News - All hands on deck for 2019 events at Chicago’s Indian Ridge Marsh In 2019, the Indian Ridge Marsh restoration partners are expanding their work area and hoping for even more volunteer assistance. Map by Jim Monchak/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2018-bioblitz monthly 0.5 2018-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538681012411-FKXEMES241XA6XZNAFDY/12+-+Mark+DuBois+Ant+and+Insect+Safari+by+Rafi+Wilkinson.jpg Featured News - TWI's second-ever BioBlitz finds nearly 900 species International ant expert Mark DuBois of Peoria led a guided Ant and Insect Safari as part of the Dixon Refuge BioBlitz activities. Photo by Rafi Wilkinson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538681133599-6XF7W82KAUM3H77LDWBL/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI's second-ever BioBlitz finds nearly 900 species The federally endangered rusty-patched bumblebee was found at the Dixon Refuge boat launch at the start of the BioBlitz, the first time it was recorded at the site. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538681216907-3JH2YJPZPCLH2C06D2UG/17+-+Fish+wow+at+Biodiversity+Festival+by+Vera+Leopold.JPG Featured News - TWI's second-ever BioBlitz finds nearly 900 species The Biodiversity Festival gave participants a chance to see organisms up-close that scientists found on the different surveys, such as this northern pike. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/livingston-wetland-one monthly 0.5 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538686841516-WL5T44MBL5Y9J2U822MP/Web+only++-+A+panoramic+view+of+the+Fulton+Farms+constructed+weltand.+By+Jill+Kostel.JPG Featured News - Livingston County's first constructed wetland built during expo A panoramic view of the just-completed constructed wetland at Fulton Farms. Photo by Jill Kostel/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538686919014-EP11GW8VBIFO2B2OA3EX/ILSAP+lunch.JPG Featured News - Livingston County's first constructed wetland built during expo Lunchtime with Jim Isermann from Soil Health Partnership during one of the Conservation Days. Photo by Jean McGuire/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538686993097-1SZ0YBOV73NI49H9LRKN/Jill+speaks+with+experts+and+a+farmer..JPG Featured News - Livingston County's first constructed wetland built during expo TWI Senior Environmental Engineer Dr. Jill Kostel (in orange cap) speaks with LCSWCD Resource Conservationist Becky Taylor, NRCS District Conservationist Adam Wyant, and a local farmer (from left to right). Photo by Jean McGuire/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1539035386689-ARCKIA6NSREKDB4QNZP2/Fultons+with+wetland+by+Daniel+Fulton.jpg Featured News - Livingston County's first constructed wetland built during expo Three generations of Fultons next to their new constructed wetland. Photo by Daniel Fulton. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/midewin-memories monthly 0.5 2018-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538669015537-2AIHUDWUZBVNC4UMFH0U/mid+plugplanting+again+1.jpg Featured News - Midewin memories as crew members move on Seasonal technicians at Midewin plant plugs, pull weeds, and work with volunteers. Photo by Trevor Edmonson/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538669858025-VZG8V6XZ3B57YGFF1I2K/NGS_1302+simple.jpg Featured News - Midewin memories as crew members move on At an Indian Ridge Marsh work-day in June, Midewin crew members did some serious trash pickup. Photo by Gary Sullivan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1538669985761-HSKFDXBU4W138CU1YZ3I/Crew+with+sweet+clover.jpg Featured News - Midewin memories as crew members move on Hard work and good times are the hallmarks of the Midewin crew experience. Photo by Trevor Edmonson. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2018/4/5/sandy-hollow monthly 0.5 2018-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1522962081678-BC3XLPDZGSJRDT4XEJ7R/View+of+Sandy+Hollow+savanna+-+for+WEB.jpg Featured News - New Refuge tract becomes 'Sandy Hollow,' will open this summer A view in April 2017 of the savanna at Sandy Hollow where the pavilion will be constructed, overlooking the prairie-in-restoration. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1522962261806-7EVZAKBR2XD4MPMAHEDJ/Sandy+Hollow+Habitats+%26+Trails+JPEG.jpg Featured News - New Refuge tract becomes 'Sandy Hollow,' will open this summer A detailed map of the new Sandy Hollow trail system, which opens to the public on June 15, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1522962465143-QXU6EB6ZDZVKGJHSRBT4/Dixon+Refuge+Dash+participants+-+for+WEB.jpg Featured News - New Refuge tract becomes 'Sandy Hollow,' will open this summer Participants in TWI's Dixon Refuge Dash in September 2017 got a sneak peek of the habitats and new trails at Sandy Hollow. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/wwa-conference monthly 0.5 2018-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1522947628665-E106PCGZT8ZWHULCB07U/GS+010.jpg Featured News - TWI ecologist makes waves at wetlands conference TWI Senior Ecologist Dr. Gary Sullivan drills a monitoring well at Lobelia Meadows at the start of restoration. Photo by Iza Redlinski/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1522947957697-2KQLAEUI9J4574Y172PN/dixonchart.JPG Featured News - TWI ecologist makes waves at wetlands conference Sullivan sources seed for TWI's Dixon Waterfowl Refuge from a 100-mile radius around the site, then also incorporates species from an additional 50 miles south and east to help the site become more resilient to climate change. Figure by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1522947826173-ER3K62XIN57P4K53XLUB/Before-and-after---LM-for-web.jpg Featured News - TWI ecologist makes waves at wetlands conference Four years after starting restoration Lobelia Meadows was already dramatically different to the naked eye, not just in the monitoring data! Photos by TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2017/12/6/at-midewin-the-sites-rich-history-shapes-its-future-part-1 monthly 0.5 2017-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1512577866469-HGGUJXTI3UNFD49Y2P84/Midewin+Landscapesmall.jpg Featured News - At Midewin, site's rich history shapes its future: Part 1 A section of Midewin restored by TWI displays the distinctive rolling terrain caused by Ice Age glaciers. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1512577934209-CJ1Y4SE1ODOT7QG1360P/Wheeler+with+Mastodon+tooth.jpg Featured News - At Midewin, site's rich history shapes its future: Part 1 Midewin Archaeologist and Tribal Liaison Joe Wheeler holds a mastodon tooth discovered in the area. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/nfwf-monarch monthly 0.5 2018-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1511968850517-D61NR7JFTKO6HIRD9DEF/Monarch+at+BioBlitz+-+Bob+Chinn.jpg Featured News - New monarch grant to boost milkweed, butterflies at TWI restoration sites Monarch butterfly drinking nectar on butterfly weed, a common native milkweed species. Photo by Bob Chinn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1511969228606-F0V4D8KKVA8TBI2ZQJ85/Monarch+Project+Areas+at+Midewin+-+jpeg+for+web+link+to+PDF.jpg Featured News - New monarch grant to boost milkweed, butterflies at TWI restoration sites A map of the three tracts on which TWI and the U.S. Forest Service will be restoring prime monarch habitat at Midewin over the next two years. Pink circles mark the locations of in-field milkweed production zones. Map by Jim Monchak/TWI (click to enlarge). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1511969389571-VMNDUD87QNAGR1WT4UMQ/Purple+Milkweed+-+MO+Botanical+Garden.jpg Featured News - New monarch grant to boost milkweed, butterflies at TWI restoration sites The rare Purple Milkweed is one of nine native milkweed species targeted for planting under TWI's project. It is adapted to dry, sandy savanna and prairie soils. Photo courtesy of the Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2017/8/3/new-farm-partnerships-cropping-up-to-spread-nutrient-removal-wetlands monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501787922858-W2SUJ0FVCJVCEU81XPOB/icc_soil_borings_web.jpg Featured News - New farm partnerships cropping up to spread nutrient-removal wetlands Dr. Jill Kostel (right), TWI’s senior environmental engineer, helps NRCS Geologist Diane Lamb take soil borings at the future site of the constructed wetland at Illinois Central College. Photo by Pete Fandel/ICC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501787980921-8EXVCDA1345J74VF3Z88/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - New farm partnerships cropping up to spread nutrient-removal wetlands A map of the Illinois Central College demonstration farm showing the future site of the constructed wetland and other conservation practices. Illustration by Caroline Wade/TNC. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2017/8/3/k93ntnhtgu1m7185z3lev9fabzztgi monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501785010390-KH2VKU91PLEUSACDM9X7/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Dixon Refuge summer update: Fish are biting, the eclipse nears Two fishermen return to shore with their catch: six keeper northern pike (IDNR regulations limit fishermen to three per permittee). Photo by Julie Erdmann/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501785112135-EADU9P8U6ZVAHVF4P5P7/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Dixon Refuge summer update: Fish are biting, the eclipse nears http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2017/8/3/volunteers-plant-thousands-of-seedlings-at-twi-project-sites monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501784127074-SR90B0PGIQZ3Y7L2UQ4V/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Volunteers plant thousands of seedlings at TWI project sites Along with sowing native seed in the winter, TWI plants seedlings in the spring to increase diversity and the likelihood of establishment. Photo by David Miller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501784323954-HHM858ANORU3GXQTOTVJ/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Volunteers plant thousands of seedlings at TWI project sites Planting at the Dixon Refuge’s Hickory Hollow tract was particularly laborious this year because the ground was very dry and hard. Photo by David Miller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501784387503-COSYO1VIJGRHMOCQ7YAU/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Volunteers plant thousands of seedlings at TWI project sites Ecolab employees and their families planting plugs at Midewin’s Secret Ridge area. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2017/8/3/midwestern-native-shrubs-and-trees-from-twis-dixon-refuge-to-your-own-yard monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501770725709-TS9HJY5QD160ULSTCI9E/Book+Cover.jpg Featured News - Midwestern native shrubs and trees: From TWI’s Dixon Refuge to your own yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1501770788312-I9XG1S84R3C7PFJWK2EQ/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Midwestern native shrubs and trees: From TWI’s Dixon Refuge to your own yard Dixon Refuge Site Manager Rick Seibert with a bur oak sapling at Hickory Hollow. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2017/3/23/post-restoration-surveys-at-lobelia-meadows-find-huge-increase-in-wetlands-biodiversity monthly 0.5 2017-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1490287358670-5D0K7PZ627UEP06GXVHD/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Post-restoration surveys at Lobelia Meadows find huge increase in wetlands, biodiversity Before and after: Over the past four years of TWI’s restoration work at Lobelia Meadows, infrastructure, bare ground, and weedy species have been replaced with healthy wetland and prairie habitats and a great diversity of wildflowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1490287395801-3O45GB4QDORGD4OW1S8A/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Post-restoration surveys at Lobelia Meadows find huge increase in wetlands, biodiversity TWI Senior GIS Analyst Jim Monchak (left) and Senior Ecologist Dr. Gary Sullivan (right) collecting post-restoration monitoring data with a meter-square guide at Lobelia Meadows in summer 2016. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1490287489522-8ESDSK6EDOJZWJB43TR3/Lobelias+at+LM+-+Gary.jpg Featured News - Post-restoration surveys at Lobelia Meadows find huge increase in wetlands, biodiversity After four years the Lobelia Meadows restoration has fulfilled its name. Many areas of the site are covered with native lobelias: cardinal flower (red), great blue lobelia, and pale spiked lobelia (not pictured here). Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/12/15/multiple-twi-projects-featured-at-illinois-water-conference monthly 0.5 2016-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481835021585-LJZJ82S9J3D9ZEVZECDM/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI projects featured at Illinois Water Conference TWI project partner Mahsa Izadmehr (right) talks with a session attendee at the Illinois Water Conference on October 27 after her presentation on water quality monitoring of TWI’s first farm-based wetland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481835065940-0HH0S39WZK2IJ1QGRKMG/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI projects featured at Illinois Water Conference A graph from project partner UIC’s presentation at the 2016 Illinois Water Conference shows the amount of nitrogen (NO3-N) and phosphorus (SRP) removed over time by the first farm-based wetland under TWI’s “Growing Wetlands for Clean Water” project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481835110389-Y32KQBUBE3N0IAE32QT9/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI projects featured at Illinois Water Conference TWI Senior Ecologist Dr. Gary Sullivan presents during a conference session on hemi-marsh restoration in Chicago’s Calumet region. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/12/15/constructing-partnerships-for-clean-water-1 monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481834516643-K9QMXBMEDS3CU6108D0F/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Constructing partnerships for clean water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481834559207-3ESBM9QD40SPN1Y22AHC/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Constructing partnerships for clean water From left to right: TWI Senior Environmental Engineer Dr. Jill Kostel, ILICA contractor Wes Litwiller, and soil scientist Steve Zwicker during wetland construction on Bonucci Farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481834618381-I16V0E8WA6C18ASZGWM0/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Constructing partnerships for clean water ILICA contractors at Bonucci Farms install the outlet pipe and water-control structure that will maintain water levels in the constructed wetland. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/8/18/twi-to-play-key-role-in-seven-year-great-leap-restoration-at-midewin monthly 0.5 2016-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1471553158880-99H43HE638Z08JEU4WAF/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI to play key role in seven-year “great leap” restoration at Midewin An aerial view of a portion of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie that will be restored under the new seven-year project, including former arsenal ammunition bunkers. Old bunkers will be removed by the Forest Service over the course of this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1471553189833-JY9Q9J2TG2YB5S59YRSS/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI to play key role in seven-year “great leap” restoration at Midewin A map showing previously restored parcels on Midewin’s west side and how they will connect with the seven-year restoration effort. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/8/18/gone-but-not-forgottenthismia-centennial-hunt-at-indian-ridge-marsh monthly 0.5 2017-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1471552812768-2SXRIYD31I1KTPCM76CQ/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Gone but not forgotten…Thismia Centennial Hunt at Indian Ridge Marsh! Illustration by Miriam W. Meyer from Mohlenbrock, R.H. 1970. The Illustrated Flora of Illinois. Copyright 2015 by Southern Illinois University Press. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1471552868630-0LE4KC4LM1T4YRPLCH23/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Gone but not forgotten…Thismia Centennial Hunt at Indian Ridge Marsh! Map of survey points for monitoring Indian Ridge Marsh plant communities. Created by TWI GIS Analyst Jim Monchak and Senior Ecologist Gary Sullivan. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/8/18/marquis-oak-ridge-trail-now-open-for-visitors monthly 0.5 2016-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1471551806405-VTAZAII28BN7W7MDD37X/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Marquis Oak Ridge Trail now open for visitors The 2.7-mile Marquis Oak Ridge Trail leads through rich restored wetland, prairie, and savanna habitats at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1471551885720-8N8FA0HQP3HGX47FA22H/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Marquis Oak Ridge Trail now open for visitors At nearly five miles round-trip, the Marquis Oak Ridge Trail is the longest route for hikers at the Refuge and the first bicycle-friendly trail. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/5/6/highly-endangered-whooping-cranes-stop-over-at-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1462559239807-RF7M1XXSNC3ZC1CEH43F/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Highly endangered Whooping Cranes stop over at Dixon Refuge Five juvenile Whooping Cranes stopped over to feed at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge on April 6. Photo by Scott Anderson/LaSalle News Tribune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1462559264880-7GQ47SWE0TZ0CTJOF3PV/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Highly endangered Whooping Cranes stop over at Dixon Refuge The yellow place markers indicate the southward migration route stopovers for the Whooping Cranes following the ultralight plane in 2015. Red dots denote the route followed by five of the cranes on their independent return flight (a sixth bird traveled separately, indicated by the sunbursts). The blue marker is the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Image courtesy of Operation Migration. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/5/6/cookies-for-conservation monthly 0.5 2017-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1462558058382-WPPUQZLD62IGKVILRD1P/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Cookies for conservation Brownies of the Rainbow Troop supporting TWI during their cookie sales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1462558076810-FN48ECG43L5WL864FAHY/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Cookies for conservation The Rainbow Troop displays one of the many posters they created for their cookie sale booths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1462558096086-XN8P9LJOQKA9CZ697OFE/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Cookies for conservation The homemade thank you card sent to TWI after Jill and Julie's February visit. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/5/6/meet-lauren-tisdale-twis-summer-research-intern monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1462557726436-B2EYV5WCPTZ0WQ155JEN/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Meet Lauren Tisdale, TWI’s summer research intern Lauren during a previous summer internship at a South African wildlife sanctuary. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/2/1/twi-and-partners-plan-calumet-area-marsh-restoration monthly 0.5 2016-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1454364483412-L20TF85VY8GE6OGY6KI2/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI and partners plan Calumet-area marsh restoration A view of Indian Ridge Marsh in the Calumet area, where TWI will begin restoration in 2016 in collaboration with Audubon Great Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1454364515007-TI5LMFNJX4THCW4N1T25/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI and partners plan Calumet-area marsh restoration An example of healthy hemi-marsh at TWI's Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1454364544882-O4JFVAABIYSGAAE0WM2B/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI and partners plan Calumet-area marsh restoration The burnt-out hulk of a car, an old foundation, and other debris will need to be removed to restore Indian Ridge Marsh. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/2/1/celebrate-world-wetlands-day-on-february-2 monthly 0.5 2016-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1454356725393-HXSVDITI9KSVWK19TVHT/World+Wetlands+Day+Logo.png Featured News - Celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1454356759315-3B4OZDTUQ10LEVLOUC66/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Celebrate World Wetlands Day on February 2 Bison at Midewin on a snowy morning. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2016/2/1/seeding-the-future-at-new-refuge-parcel monthly 0.5 2016-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1454427142824-TXXWZAJD00LHN7QC1AY4/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Seeding the future at new Refuge parcel Spreading seed over the snow to begin restoring rare prairie habitats at Hickory Hollow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1454365483579-7T36UIT9T76TT00QJW75/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Seeding the future at new Refuge parcel Freshly planted seed on the snow at Hickory Hollow. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/twi-lands-a-whopper-with-special-fishing-season monthly 0.5 2016-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451495142223-3PLJBEU1UUI2A5LTQ4KB/fishing-dixon-wayne-herndon.JPG Featured News - TWI lands a whopper with special fishing season IDNR fisheries biologist Wayne Herndon weighs a large fish during TWI's BioBlitz at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge in June 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451495222000-Z8N7SAS7HKXRBEXI1P5X/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI lands a whopper with special fishing season Healthy, dense aquatic vegetation is essential for the food web at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes and to maintain an excellent fishery. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/twi-wades-into-illinois-river-conference monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451496588378-TE7RSG4PGSAFTDAJWA3Z/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI wades into Illinois River Conference TWI senior ecologist Gary Sullivan presents on the results of the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge's first-ever BioBlitz at the Fellowship of the Stream workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451496623302-AY01K8KC0OJH81Y25QXD/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI wades into Illinois River Conference TWI Executive Director Paul Botts participates in brainstorming about the Illinois River system during the Watershed Partners Cafe. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/first-farm-based-wetland-built-during-ground-breaking-conservation-expo monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451496968427-Z31HGWUQZC0L1WE8QX53/Conservatio+expo+1.JPG Featured News - First farm-based wetland built during "ground-breaking" Conservation Expo Construction taking place to create the wetland courtesy of ILICA (www.illica.net) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451497010915-JDUX6TS7VISY36DTOXU3/Conservation+expo+2.JPG Featured News - First farm-based wetland built during "ground-breaking" Conservation Expo Jill Kostel, the project manager, talks with expo attendees about constructed wetlands at one of the tour stops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451497075357-VFRXRNS79M68V1LF0TD1/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - First farm-based wetland built during "ground-breaking" Conservation Expo Expo Speakers from L to R: Richard Breckenridge, Jean Payne, Caroline Wade, and Jill Kostel http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/bioblitz-finds-nearly-700-species-at-the-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451497749859-UUP4LO1S4V0YBQY81MKG/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - BioBlitz finds nearly 700 species at the Dixon Refuge A six-foot-long bull snake found by herpetologists was one of nearly 700 species found during the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge's first-ever BioBlitz event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451497783794-INDYE45AZN2ETSU4A6GB/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - BioBlitz finds nearly 700 species at the Dixon Refuge Anna Braum (left) of the Chicago Botanic Garden and Cori Morse work to identify a plant species at Hickory Hollow during the BioBlitz. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/marquis-energy-powering-completion-of-new-refuge-trail monthly 0.5 2017-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451499027124-0AGIWDKV923WXNGNAOGU/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Marquis Energy "powering" completion of new Refuge trail A view of Oak Ridge through blooming blazing star, rattlesnake master, and other native prairie species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451499057890-DD8EPCIJQ3SJF3O79LNR/H%26H+map.jpg Featured News - Marquis Energy "powering" completion of new Refuge trail http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/dixon-waterfowl-refuge-gains-additional-acreage-new-habitats monthly 0.5 2017-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451499743666-9ORCNHDR6FGS1NL00943/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Dixon Waterfowl Refuge gains additional acreage, new habitats The streambed and wooded ravine running through the new Hickory Hollow parcel. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451499774813-RZG8MSL4STR5MMU3WT18/new+addition+map.jpg Featured News - Dixon Waterfowl Refuge gains additional acreage, new habitats http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/demolition-before-restoration-tackling-a-new-area-of-midewin monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451500792031-GIZHC3W78C8BWI14GPRB/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Demolition before restoration: Tackling a new area of Midewin The National Forest Foundation is demolishing old concrete Army ammunition bunkers on the South Prairie Creek Outwash Plain at Midewin, clearing the way for TWI habitat restoration. Photo by Trevor Edmonson/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451500866422-LP2731ZRAYSOGT0HRRR7/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Demolition before restoration: Tackling a new area of Midewin The ladies' tresses orchid. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/new-oak-ridge-project-moves-forward-at-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451501097635-W8LRALFXTMMFO90TJ948/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - New Oak Ridge project moves forward at Dixon Refuge The view of the marsh at Oak Ridge on an October day from the new low viewing platform that was recently completed. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/uic-engineering-students-help-twi-design-farm-based-wetland monthly 0.5 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451501528610-C3KO6K5QYOTZ28OD356U/UIC+students.jpg Featured News - UIC engineering students help TWI design farm-based wetland UIC senior engineering students Paul Jacobs (left), Diana Mejorado, and Caleb Carr (not pictured) present their farm-based wetland design at UIC’s annual engineering expo on April 22. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451501569363-JMWNZZRCIRG7DMVUPYVA/UIC+students+2.jpg Featured News - UIC engineering students help TWI design farm-based wetland The UIC student team (from left to right: Caleb Carr, Diana Mejorado, and Paul Jacobs) on their February site visit to the Big Bureau Creek Watershed. Photo by Jill Kostel/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451501621968-JMI6ZTGH5A2S3HMZKBHA/wetland+model.jpg Featured News - UIC engineering students help TWI design farm-based wetland The wetland model on display at the UIC engineering expo. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/oak-ridge-project-will-mean-new-habitat-trails-to-explore-at-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451501991583-ZOXZKZVPBHAJD6YUWRW3/savanna+ATV.jpg Featured News - Oak Ridge project will mean new habitat, trails to explore at Refuge A view of the developing oak savanna at the Dixon Refuge. All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are currently the only way to easily access this area. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451502041916-WBJEYNGQ3DWCIP2NPYOF/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Oak Ridge project will mean new habitat, trails to explore at Refuge http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/coca-cola-funds-help-jumpstart-new-work-at-midewin monthly 0.5 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451502245047-M54R9KJT5OGSOSYDC140/coca+cola.jpg Featured News - Coca-Cola funds help jumpstart new work at Midewin With old Army ammunition bunkers visible in the background, a reminder of Midewin’s history of landscape alteration, Coca-Cola Americas President Steve Cahillane announced the new water replenishment partnership on September 13. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/record-waterfowl-numbers-and-native-fish-thriving-at-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451502488737-PZ8VNFJ5TS5EINU9AEGL/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Record waterfowl numbers and native fish thriving at Dixon Refuge http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/massive-gulf-dead-zone-underscores-need-for-more-wetlands monthly 0.5 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451502768017-RNJA6NGEJV1XFCVZWT0E/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Massive Gulf “dead zone” underscores need for more wetlands This map shows the extent of the 2013 dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, with red indicating the areas of lowest dissolved oxygen. Map by LUMCON (Rabalais). http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/getting-technical-twi-staff-at-national-restoration-conference monthly 0.5 2015-12-30 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/listen-to-twis-senior-ecologist-on-npr monthly 0.5 2016-01-15 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/hemi-marsh-restoration-takes-root-at-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451504476900-4FDWLO2WM60GPLGVL0N1/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Hemi-marsh restoration takes root at Dixon Refuge The lake restoration plan focuses on reestablishing healthy, high-quality hemi-marsh habitat at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Photo by Gary Sullivan/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/new-spring-brook-restoration-becomes-a-whole-watershed-effort monthly 0.5 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451504660446-TYG8PJOBVNPZG8NTQUV8/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - New Spring Brook restoration becomes a whole-watershed effort A participant asks a question in a discussion at the Morton Arboretum about urban wetland restoration, which included the Spring Brook project. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/clearing-the-way-at-lobelia-meadows-project monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451504899360-Y2RJL9NJ7M4RX1UQ4K0R/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Clearing the way at Lobelia Meadows project TWI worked with local contractor Lee Werner, also known as The Dirt Man, to remove manmade features impacting the Lobelia Meadows landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451504941816-3GAL51N3OV05HM0EPUG0/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Clearing the way at Lobelia Meadows project Removing agricultural drain tiles that are carrying water off the site (the clay pipe visible here) is an important step in restoring wetlands at Lobelia Meadows. Here the dolomite bedrock close to the surface can also be seen. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/ramsar-event-at-refuge-celebrates-global-recognition monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451505171692-LAX7TXIBRNSCNWPP1OKU/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Ramsar event at Refuge celebrates global recognition Guests watch a video on the Ramsar designations for Emiquon and the Dixon Refuge, created by The Nature Conservancy with input from TWI and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451505208939-VEVIHCCPAK8SS601NNEU/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Ramsar event at Refuge celebrates global recognition A guided walk to look for dragonflies was one of six activities attendees could enjoy after the dedication. Each activity represented one of the six Ramsar criteria for which the Refuge was recognized. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/twi-talks-conservation-with-farmers monthly 0.5 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451505513556-ESW86GT9PG4LZADBHIXH/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - TWI talks conservation with farmers Jill Kostel, TWI senior environmental engineer, explains water quality trading at the March 2nd producer workshop. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/full-boardwalk-trail-now-open-at-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451505708576-DKIV7D2QOQXNRD2XUL6P/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Full boardwalk trail now open at Dixon Refuge Guests at the refuge anniversary event September 10 explore the rich wetlands and prairie along the new boardwalk trail. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/dixon-waterfowl-refuge-declared-a-wetland-of-international-importance monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451505996573-E2A441PH1XI5HJT8WE0O/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - Dixon Waterfowl Refuge declared a Wetland of International Importance A great egret flies over the rich restored lake and marsh habitat at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/featured-news/2015/12/30/new-midewin-project-to-turn-concrete-back-to-flowers monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451506387949-S2X49A6JEFBITPQE100G/image-asset.jpeg Featured News - New Midewin project to turn concrete back to flowers The great blue lobelia is one of three lobelia species that will thrive at the Initiative's new Lobelia Meadows Restoration Project. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events daily 0.75 2025-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/8d2c2960-a8e0-4d79-95ca-b4008a88a2d6/O+-+Sandy+Hollow+at+sunset+7-16-24+-+Justin.jpg Upcoming Events http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/sandy-hollow-brush-burn monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/irm-winter-seeding-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/10/4/gary-on-the-little-calumet-river-zmthz monthly 0.5 2025-09-25 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/10/13/native-seed-harvest-at-the-dixon-waterfowl-refuge monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/9/11/native-seed-harvest-at-the-dixon-waterfowl-refuge-sandy-hollow monthly 0.5 2025-09-11 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/10/11/fall-frolic monthly 0.5 2025-08-28 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/9/9/twi30thgala monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/9/9/calumet-tour monthly 0.5 2025-08-11 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/5/28/volunteer-plug-planting-at-mlk-south-wetland monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/5/28/volunteer-plug-planting-at-highland-rooker monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/6/12/volunteer-plug-planting-at-grant-street-wetland monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/4/22/6y9hv15ct1vws1vtvwrizm806l0yp5 monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/4/11/earth-day-volunteer-brush-cutting-at-square-marsh monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2025/4/11/chicago-river-day-plug-planting-at-indian-ridge-marsh monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/grant-st-winter-seeding monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/irm-winter-seeding monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/irm-fall-planting monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest-2024-2 monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest-2024-1 monthly 0.5 2024-09-03 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2024/5/9/fluddles-screening-at-music-box-theatre monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2024/5/17/mlk-south-plug-planting-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-09-27 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/oppl-reception monthly 0.5 2023-10-24 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/highland-rookery-plug-planting monthly 0.5 2023-10-18 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2023/9/23/biodiversity-festival-at-big-marsh monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest-2022 monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/dixon-refuge-may-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest-2021 monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/moth-magic monthly 0.5 2021-08-05 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/national-bison-day monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest-2018-xsapg monthly 0.5 2019-09-17 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/icc-field-day monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1562788419411-RNYQJ0ZHW4Q5HOAYL07A/ICC%2BField%2BDay%2B2.jpg Upcoming Events - Constructed Wetland Field Day http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2019/6/20/moonlit-miniblitz-at-the-dixon-waterfowl-refuge monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1561050588644-OLDD1THQC1DVZFL2UDPJ/DSC05269.jpg Upcoming Events - Moonlit Mini-Blitz at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Photo by Lindsay Appel http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2019/8/4/thismia-hunt-a-calumet-celebration-day monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1561049915425-F18EKRJO26QY4U85NP7R/august_4.png Upcoming Events - Thismia Hunt! A Calumet Celebration Day http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/moth-week monthly 0.5 2019-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1561049558560-D9T66NOKGRESZRBUHEGT/_D804205-2.jpg Upcoming Events - National Moth Week Celebration Photo by Trevor Edmonson/TWI http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/night-for-midewin monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1559672239842-86Q837SMZGEDOJ55VYON/Night+for+Midewin+Postcard+Invite_Page_1.jpg Upcoming Events - A Night for Midewin http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/indian-ridge-marsh-volunteer-day monthly 0.5 2019-05-17 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/dixon-refuge-volunteer-day monthly 0.5 2019-05-10 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2019-fishing-season-opening-day monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest-2018 monthly 0.5 2019-09-17 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/a-celebration-of-wetlands-and-cranes monthly 0.5 2018-08-22 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/august16 monthly 0.5 2018-08-09 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/august14 monthly 0.5 2018-08-09 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/bioblitz2018 monthly 0.5 2018-08-03 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2018/5/15/2018-fishing-season-opening-day-at-the-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2019-03-29 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2018/3/7/plug-planting-day-at-indian-ridge-marsh monthly 0.5 2019-05-03 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2018/3/5/plug-planting-day-at-the-dixon-waterfowl-refuge monthly 0.5 2019-05-03 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/gwcw-weather monthly 0.5 2017-11-29 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/hyde-park-open-house monthly 0.5 2017-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1507579781506-NFPADNH4OMYFYMOOVM87/Night-Heron.jpg Upcoming Events - Ecological Restoration in Chicago's Calumet Region: An Open House http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/refuge-seed-harvest monthly 0.5 2018-09-14 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2017/9/23/dixon-refuge-dash-5k monthly 0.5 2017-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1498852215525-6MQSQSBEJNXEIVV5Q0GA/image-asset.jpeg Upcoming Events - 5K Dixon Refuge Dash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1503595081882-YWGVAPQUE42NNPXIPSJD/dynegy-logo.png Upcoming Events - 5K Dixon Refuge Dash http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2017/6/15/ecological-restoration-in-chicagos-calumet-region monthly 0.5 2017-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1495468553279-OXU5QIYISZ6Z11HSLZYR/Night-heron.jpg Upcoming Events - Ecological Restoration in Chicago's Calumet Region: An Open House http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/upcoming-events/2017/5/3/plug-planting-volunteer-day-at-hickory-hollow monthly 0.5 2017-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1493830419880-JCA8KJSDQ3XDK6IMJJBM/image-asset.jpeg Upcoming Events - Plug Planting Volunteer Day at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes daily 0.75 2024-10-01 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2024/10/1/refuge-summer-photos monthly 0.5 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801711188-5U5EGNJQQRU5CC7LTO0N/1+-+Water+lilies+at+eye+level.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge American lotus on Hennepin & Hopper Lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801711341-ROY1DED2IBLWNF790UIK/2+-+Black-necked+Stilt.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Black-necked Stilt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801712857-WBUCXOLI8QUA4AE8HKZU/4+-+Fungus.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Coral fungus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801712465-DX44G03BJZXSD4WC23EH/3+-+Blue+dasher+dragonfly.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Blue dasher dragonfly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801713802-V9DGLHQ5J5FWCA1YOJ1H/5+-+Gabby+and+Jacob+harvesting+blazing+star.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Intern Gabby Smith and Restoration Technician Jacob Karkowski harvesting seed by a large patch of blazing stars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801714228-84W677K99BRTKWNFMQGU/6+-+Sandhill+Crane+near+Refuge+entrance.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Sandhill Crane near main entrance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801715119-38Q0CTDRKB1C7J78XIM2/7+-+Plant+holding+water.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Wild lupine leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801715467-6XF9BLF3L98ZRY55LFU4/8+-+Recently+emerged+annual+cicada.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge A freshly emerged annual cicada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801716104-RQUBB8F1WTX7JT9I44TG/9+-+Nic+on+the+Marsh+Master.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Restoration Technician Nicholas Hall-Skank on TWI's Marsh Master https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801716836-91BBWNN48N5I7FR41HMH/10+-+Sora+rail+using+marsh+opening.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Sora rail enjoying an opening created by the Marsh Master https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801717186-4TDBOW8X72TGWQUJ350S/11+-+Stormclouds+moving+in.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Storm clouds moving in over the Refuge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801717745-XDRK1X3FTZ45OLV63OML/12+-+Silphium+reaching+toward+sky.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Compass plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801718154-5OARB377ZFS21J63NH9V/13+-+Blue+flower+at+Sandy+Hollow.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Blue sage in bloom at Sandy Hollow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801718930-NEZX6QWR9EBRBEBMQH9N/14+-+Turtle.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Eastern painted turtle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1727801719319-ATUFOTVD602JONMSJCI4/15+-+Monarch+on+goldenrod.jpg Field Notes - Summer Photos at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Monarch butterfly on showy goldenrod http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2024-refuge-photos monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253474229-4RAETKEUWWO2KJ5DY3SF/A+-+Sandhill+Cranes+at+Dixon+Refuge+3-1-24+%28Justin%29.jpg Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Sandhill Cranes visiting the Refuge in March https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253475987-EASQFAM4W8LCY7SXS04U/B+-+Sandhill+Cranes+at+Violet+Meadow2+3-1-24+%28Justin%29.jpg Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Sandhill Cranes and Canada Geese at Violet Meadow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253477176-92FR9FBIGB2ZJMMWTBW3/C+-+Justin+and+River+fixing+boardwalk+-+4-30-24.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Justin and his dog River hard at work making repairs to the Prairie-Wetland Boardwalk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253478903-NL9CU9M3WQQFNDJMYI37/D+-+Four-foot+bull+snake+at+Sandy+Knob+-+3-13-24+-+Justin.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge A four-foot bull snake sighted near Sandy Hollow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253480162-ETFB1U5FMB92O7NAW7GK/E+-+Canada+Goose+family+at+Refuge+-+5-2-24+-+Justin+%281%29.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge A Canada Goose family near the Violet Meadow marsh viewing platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253481851-OITJ5JLSKNJHB3PYGXR5/F+-+Wild+lupine+at+Sandy+Hollow+-+5-2-24+-+Justin+%281%29.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Wild lupine at Sandy Hollow in early May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253482374-U5MZ8M9URGJSUE6IMNGE/G+-+Fawn+at+the+Refuge+-+5-28-24+-+Justin.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Young fawn hiding in vegetation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253484034-WQDE48QYWVBACQC9TPQZ/H+-+Sandhill+Crane+and+colt+at+Refuge+-+5-28-24+-+Justin.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Sandhill Crane with young colt in late May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253484444-IKD7VO7TZLELGDECEQ4J/I+-+Refuge+pics+-+6-4-24+-+Justin+%284%29.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Purple coneflowers by the observation tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253485706-99MJRQOI9M1KPYJBQF82/J+-+Refuge+pics+-+6-4-24+-+Justin+%285%29.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Bumblebee on purple coneflower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253486056-CVJLC00TZDYBAX7MLKHV/K+-+Refuge+pics+-+6-4-24+-+Justin+%286%29.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Pipevine swallowtail butterflies on milkweed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721253487585-IPCI7BL0J3R9VM0CVF1D/L+-+Sandhill+Crane+at+Refuge+-+6-4-24+-+Justin.JPG Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Sandhill Crane wading through the marsh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721254929517-NXQCFV7ZEZBDH51EZZRV/M+-+Trumpeter+Swans+7-1-24+-+Justin.jpg Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Trumpeter Swan pair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721255348303-C8LSNU4D2IXV0RE9XIA0/N+-+Northern+pike+being+stocked+at+Refuge+7-2-24+-cropped.jpg Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Northern pike being stocked at Hennepin & Hopper Lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1721254936400-9Q6DVI2CUJ2897X4IUP4/O+-+Sandy+Hollow+at+sunset+7-16-24+-+Justin.jpg Field Notes - Spring Snapshots at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge Sandy Hollow at sunset in July http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/marsh-birds monthly 0.5 2021-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1616708380403-M30N8SF3O65WMM889E7P/Vera+at+IRM.jpg Field Notes - Mornings with marsh birds Vera Leopold taking a selfie at Indian Ridge Marsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1616532594374-E5DPFA7HAF1QB206FHPL/Indian+Ridge+Marsh+1.JPG Field Notes - Mornings with marsh birds Indian Ridge Marsh at dawn, with the bird-call speaker in the foreground (click to enlarge). Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1616532766986-4UN4WDVCOBSSWJLH4UQU/Virginia+Rail+zoom.jpg Field Notes - Mornings with marsh birds One of the Virginia Rails seen at Indian Ridge Marsh in 2020 (click to enlarge). Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1616532968885-ZOOMDDQRKRB4C5BINX77/IMG_5227.JPG Field Notes - Mornings with marsh birds A garter snake coiled among the dead phragmites. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2017/11/29/line-of-fire monthly 0.5 2017-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1511981189717-0RC4CJ32PQZXJD6FPWC9/IMG_0324.JPG Field Notes - On the line of fire at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge A line of fire cruises through the prairie this fall at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Photo by Trevor Edmonson/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1511981862885-SC9684V69WM80SOH1KIV/IMG_0312.JPG Field Notes - On the line of fire at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge The author "drops fire" along a field of Canada rye in an area of the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge where restoration is in its early phases. Photo by Anna Braum/TWI. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2016/12/15/new-hickory-hollow-restoration-is-taking-wing monthly 0.5 2016-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481841128838-86FBV6ZVWABD85XHT5CN/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - New Hickory Hollow restoration is taking wing TWI Grants Manager Vera Leopold geared up for surveying at Hickory Hollow in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481841383096-LX9ZIUJ0LOJ75W0K1HNQ/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - New Hickory Hollow restoration is taking wing A June 2016 vista shortly after dawn in one of the newly planted prairie restoration zones at Hickory Hollow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481841464729-N78D9C04WDP4VTT2C6WM/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - New Hickory Hollow restoration is taking wing Map of bird surveying points and projected habitats on the Hickory Hollow parcel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1481841546368-6RRAAEF8PQKG5K3VZ838/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - New Hickory Hollow restoration is taking wing Bird surveying Point 7 in one of the savanna restoration zones, before restoration began in 2015 and after thinning of small and weedy trees was completed in 2016. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2016/1/4/a-particularly-saturated-summer-at-midewin monthly 0.5 2016-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451930093062-GIXO5E6F0C7UNBYCPIAJ/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - A particularly saturated summer at Midewin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451930112069-2QNTVAEOIOJXYUN8A205/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - A particularly saturated summer at Midewin This eight-inch catfish was one of many creatures found swimming across the dirt road at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie after heavy rains. Photo by Trevor Edmonson/TWI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451930131999-5KB0USFQ059X7N4II5W6/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - A particularly saturated summer at Midewin A view of sedges and forbs in bloom at the Lobelia Meadows project. Photo by Kirsten Rothenbucher. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2016/1/4/tadpole-surveys-at-midewin-find-unusual-visitor monthly 0.5 2016-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451929411395-GC9JID04BCHQTYNMRNET/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Tadpole surveys at Midewin find unusual visitor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451929436389-RARHVDVG17WSF43YYC5M/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Tadpole surveys at Midewin find unusual visitor This U.S. Geological Survey map shows locations where the Oriental weather loach has been found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451929463464-9M35IBOTOHTKR8Y8JKDF/erin+cox+group+photo.jpg Field Notes - Tadpole surveys at Midewin find unusual visitor Erin Cox, TWI summer intern (third from left), joined TWI’s all-female field restoration crew at Midewin in summer 2014, led by TWI restoration specialist Trevor Edmonson. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2016/1/4/looking-for-uppies-and-butcherbirds-at-midewin monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451928585328-WHPB4CR4SZRWXAI6TC2D/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Looking for ‘Uppies’ and butcherbirds at Midewin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451928608291-GYUPWE458LUCJ85LTJH1/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Looking for ‘Uppies’ and butcherbirds at Midewin Upland Sandpipers are shorebirds of the prairie. Photo by Johnath, Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451928640501-A5XN3TT1TX212C7J20GD/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Looking for ‘Uppies’ and butcherbirds at Midewin Loggerhead Shrikes are predatory songbirds with black masks and heavy hooked bills. Photo by Dick Daniels, Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451928689689-2VKL1SY967V8VM7QIUYC/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Looking for ‘Uppies’ and butcherbirds at Midewin A Loggerhead Shrike nest at Midewin, lined with deer and cow hair and baling twine (the red material). Shrikes often line their nests with animal fur and soft manmade items they find like string and cloth. Photo by Fran Harty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451928713020-M5VRJB3R6B8SELGUT63P/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Looking for ‘Uppies’ and butcherbirds at Midewin Shrike researcher Dr. Amy Chabot and Fran Harty of The Nature Conservancy record data on a shrike and place a band on its leg before releasing it. Photo by Bill Glass/U.S. Forest Service https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451928733917-JD0JJY84N1HB8P2R4HQF/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Looking for ‘Uppies’ and butcherbirds at Midewin Cautious but curious yearling cows encircled us in one pasture while Jason got some photos. Photo by Vera Leopold/TWI http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2015/12/31/progress-at-lobelia-meadows-a-collage-of-wildflowers monthly 0.5 2016-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451589441867-F4EM4QE1X84XVRRSG32E/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Progress at Lobelia Meadows: A collage of wildflowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451589468056-U8MMZFUF5RDH3RI9YHOP/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Progress at Lobelia Meadows: A collage of wildflowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451589500954-OGKJAHAIQU221FLL78TO/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Progress at Lobelia Meadows: A collage of wildflowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451589525297-PS7BNGL250CDU5B5BZJ8/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Progress at Lobelia Meadows: A collage of wildflowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451589582959-V5Z8R7W98NO52GR3LJI3/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Progress at Lobelia Meadows: A collage of wildflowers http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2015/12/30/drought-brings-new-challenges monthly 0.5 2015-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451517101327-1E26CU45LKHDR5XPJ1CO/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Drought brings new challenges Tadpole remains after a marsh area dried up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451517157424-SANQJEFPEDZTD6U36J75/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Drought brings new challenges http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2015/12/30/butterfly-monitors-the-new-patrollers-of-south-patrol-road monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451516378811-I096WGA1T61E3Q9RRYII/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Butterfly monitors: The new patrollers of South Patrol Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451516495498-M0HOIBVPF9XJIME242L9/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Butterfly monitors: The new patrollers of South Patrol Road A Checkered White was one of the unusual species Penny and Carol found at South Patrol Road. This butterfly typically has a more southern range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451516525741-QTZONDOHMAD4N447NNMT/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Butterfly monitors: The new patrollers of South Patrol Road Penny and Carol called spotting hundreds of Monarchs hanging together in trees "a sight like no other." http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2015/12/30/bobolinks-call-grant-creek-project-their-home monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451515567437-4LPEZR7FRRNGTTZDQA6Y/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Bobolinks call Grant Creek project their home Male bobolink http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2015/12/30/illinois-young-birders-discover-the-dixon-refuge monthly 0.5 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451515004790-68VIEPC1JHJANSFTACC6/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Illinois Young Birders discover the Dixon Refuge Two members of Illinois Young Birders enjoying their visit to Hennepin and Hopper Lakes. Photo by Matthew Cvetas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451515103292-3KF3DKMLGYC9HKCI2D96/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Illinois Young Birders discover the Dixon Refuge Great birding was available from the Nolan Observation Tower at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Photo by Matthew Cvetas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451515153781-I1YD9K5D4TD2M3USVZHS/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Illinois Young Birders discover the Dixon Refuge Pectoral sandpipers were among the birds spotted. Photo by Matthew Cvetas. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/field-notes/2015/12/30/signs-of-spring-native-and-invasive monthly 0.5 2015-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451514199147-L4OF685OZL6BFR992HCM/image-asset.jpeg Field Notes - Signs of spring, native and invasive Spring ephemerals (bluebells and Dutchman's breeches) blooming in the wooded area at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge are interspersed with invasive garlic mustard (the lighter-green leaves). http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/volunteer daily 0.75 2016-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451513615390-BG9JOTYZ3MWN9W6NUXOW/volunteer-photo.jpg Volunteer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450454623297-HAB0NYOGQBNI7W1HJ98X/image-asset.jpeg Volunteer Wade Spang of the U.S. Forest Service and Waste Management volunteers at Midewin. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/nutrient-removal daily 0.75 2015-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450379547334-6L5TA8LCNEOUNIFOWQGX/image-asset.jpeg Nutrient Removal A simplified illustration of the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in a wetland (modified from Kadlec and Knight (1996), “Treatment Wetlands”; images from IAN, University of Maryland). http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/workplace-giving daily 0.75 2019-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452635739798-JUIUWN30CXLMNNLPA4T6/image-asset.jpeg Workplace Giving http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/midewin daily 0.75 2021-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451429723744-E1KGW3LDFBCMGF3LAOMY/midewin-field-flowers.JPG Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1613081151874-SKFYBJPNLS08Z3TTPC00/wetland+06.15_027.jpg Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452543803620-POBHVDQ2OP4I55V0CUW8/1+visit+midewin+homepage.jpg Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452709859398-MMZ8ZFFBB69DQAV77XXF/image-asset.jpeg Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452709943227-6959V1XCO78Q6CWXCWOA/image-asset.jpeg Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/wetland-restoration daily 0.75 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450379747402-UUI4UDO9JT5JO26RLG8Q/image-asset.jpeg Measuring Restoration Success Former TWI restoration ecologist Iza Redlinski and GIS analyst Jim Monchak measure the depth to bedrock before installing a groundwater well at Lobelia Meadows. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/gis daily 0.75 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450380890145-9LSPIHPQ1Q87WXVCEKAI/jim-monchak-ask.JPG GIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450380864612-V64GOYV2KH9A6GYRKMHI/2008-2010-hh-maps-ask.JPG GIS http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/overview daily 0.75 2025-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451429368882-VIRXAPZQXC5L5F3H5QSO/HH-dixon-tower.jpg Overview http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/what-is-a-wetland daily 0.75 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1769711366457-21NG389XFZXN5QW37C5Y/GS+153+resized.jpg What Is a Wetland? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/ff010f92-b984-4a0e-9491-3c9178942b69/Front+-+1%2C545+x+2%2C000+px.png What Is a Wetland? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/9db0aaf1-2ed6-48f2-ba30-97a7a805922d/Back+-+1%2C545+x+2%2C000+px.png What Is a Wetland? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452204717282-PB65R92R4Y4M8HW0JIST/image-asset.jpeg What Is a Wetland? Developing emergent marsh at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452205773414-YQ7XWXQ1N760BYWC5WC0/image-asset.jpeg What Is a Wetland? An example of a hemi-marsh at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452614197710-PWHGK2JJUFKEBSVYFP11/image-asset.jpeg What Is a Wetland? An example of a sedge meadow at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452206548062-9RTSX7P77PV736RTJV6U/image-asset.jpeg What Is a Wetland? An example of a wet prairie at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452206687034-BVZS0VI66D4UB2O34HUY/image-asset.jpeg What Is a Wetland? Water meanders through a forested seep habitat at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/water-quality-trading daily 0.75 2016-01-18 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/ask-the-twi-scientist daily 0.75 2026-01-29 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/contact daily 0.75 2024-12-27 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/how-the-midwest-lost-its-wetlands daily 0.75 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452190880338-46LHEUHM04BV04VQUYE2/How+the+Midwest+lost+its+wetlands.jpg How the Midwest Lost Its Wetlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450389399138-9TTJKZ4G1R0S6SFA3TY4/image-asset.jpeg How the Midwest Lost Its Wetlands Different sizes of clay drain tiles removed from a TWI restoration site at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452553291455-ODNRXKPRBJZ0V0IKZA8Y/image-asset.jpeg How the Midwest Lost Its Wetlands Map showing historic drain tiles at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. 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http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/more-recreation daily 0.75 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451937098696-Q9HIRQO83FSGER04QJOR/image-asset.jpeg More Recreation Birdwatching at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451937222866-NKM16BWETQCG8VLGX8SQ/image-asset.jpeg More Recreation Learning about leopard frogs at Midewin. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/cooler-planet daily 0.75 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450388602107-L6151IV3W5QNTECTO1BM/image-asset.jpeg Cooler Planet A handful of rich organic soil, or “muck,” from a wetland. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/invasive-species daily 0.75 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452886059609-YXE82OCBP1ZAPM1NBGYO/image-asset.jpeg Invasive Species A TWI field restoration crew member next to a tall stand of invasive Phragmites at 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History The site of the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge in 2000 before restoration began, drained and covered by agricultural fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1451420814557-56WGSH428LCKIJXV94JA/image-asset.jpeg History The site of the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge after restoration, lush with marsh and lake habitats. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/dixon-location-and-visiting daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1588612893481-B0RG1Z1MPDT5XYBLJF0S/Oak+Ridge+party+scavenger+hunt+-+Dave+Miller.JPG Location and Visiting Walking one of the many trails at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1613770240571-OM0TKFBFUN8KEN8Y1OJJ/IMG_2326.jpg Location and Visiting Birdwatching at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge. Photo by David Miller. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/dixon-ramsar-designation daily 0.75 2021-02-25 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/midewin-history daily 0.75 2016-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450465992976-AW5PRO0B5LECKBCUT7ZF/image-asset.jpeg History Native yellow flowers and grasses stretch to the horizon at Midewin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452544092891-ZN2Y2NPNIIGSPFCCCTXI/image-asset.jpeg History Dozens of old concrete ammunition bunkers dot the landscape in some areas of Midewin and are gradually being removed. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/midewin-overview daily 0.75 2021-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1613081298970-5T53BIL751C0B40W5GEA/wetland+06.15_027.jpg Overview A Dickcissel at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, once again home to many grassland and wetland bird species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1613082522777-WSQKXQ04ZJKAS73G3KYI/Jim%2Band%2BJenna%2Bwith%2Bteasel.jpg Overview TWI restoration techs at Midewin victorious over invasive teasel. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/midewin-species-list daily 0.75 2018-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450466442641-B0GJTZ1SNW840WTQ5I4V/image-asset.jpeg Species Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450466470897-GESKLOJYXNGZTL2KJYBN/image-asset.jpeg Species Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450466506751-UDB29QSE04EOTFUE1DS5/image-asset.jpeg Species Lists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1450466517663-KECYON20HEQ9F31KJ195/image-asset.jpeg Species Lists http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/midewin-location-and-visiting daily 0.75 2017-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452543672363-SJIEACEDOONJPUG5Z9Y1/image-asset.jpeg Location and Visiting Mother and daughter enjoying a visit to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/donate daily 0.75 2025-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452111551985-HD4AADPHJY7KLDUGS7P1/1+caterpillar+donation+page.jpg Donate Now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452021656067-TBJ9OKNOYFFHLVAM3TUO/4Star+234x60.jpg Donate Now http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2026-01-22 http://www.wetlands-initiative.org/nutrient-credit-trading daily 0.75 2016-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452873337591-BJOGJ3Y8ELWGESS9H8RV/Water+over+dam.jpg Nutrient Credit Trading Markets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/567070822399a343227dd9c4/1452789605228-1FIW3G76V5E4YQHG63AR/image-asset.jpeg Nutrient Credit Trading Markets A map of potential nutrient-removal wetland sites identified in the Big Bureau Creek Watershed through TWI’s feasibility study. 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