| | | | | | | May Brings Online Opportunities for Learning and Sharing Ideas for Getting Outdoors Safely | | | | |
| | | | | The COVID crisis continues to highlight the restorative value of nature and challenges that we all face to help people seeking safe ways to get outside. With your help, we have been working to keep our Regional COVID Resource Page up-to-date to. Keep sending your information and resources to Laura Reilly. We have created the CW Cafe series to find ways to navigate these unprecedented times and to share ideas for building resiliency in restoration. Finally, we have taken Congress 2020 online and available for all. Together, we are finding new ways to connect, learn, develop and share best practices for creating healthy communities for people and nature. | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | Join us for a discussion of Monarch Conservation on Rights-of-Way
Tuesday, May 19 at 10-11 AM CST Join us for a conversation about pollinator habitat conservation on energy and transportation lands in the Chicago region, with a special focus on the recently approved voluntary conservation agreement for the monarch butterfly, known as the Monarch CCAA. What benefits do rights-of-way provide pollinators, and how will the Monarch CCAA help? What opportunities do we have to promote habitat on rights-of-way and other energy and transportation lands? What are the challenges? | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Inspiring Healthy Communities for People and Nature Now Online and FREE! That means you get access to the latest thinking about the region's most pressing conservation issues, while making sure everyone is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Special Thanks to Our Sponsors. | | | | |
| | | | | | Session #2 Tuesday, May 26
1-2 PM Storm Store Credit Trading: Our region is faced with more frequent and consequential impacts from urban flooding. Excess stormwater degrades water quality of our river systems and burdens people, often with lower-income individuals and people of color disproportionally enduring the worst impacts. TNC and MPC have worked with MWRD to assess the feasibility of stormwater credit trading as an. innovative tool for encouraging more strategic and equitable distribution of natural stormwater infrastructure. Presenters:
Jennifer Jenkins, The Nature Conservancy
Ryan Wilson, Metropolitan Planning Council
Kimberly Du Buclet, MWRD Commissioner 2-3 PM Urban Soils Workshop: Soils are an integral part of any ecosystem, yet are often overlooked. Urban soils are very heterogeneous; that is they can vary tremendously over a short distance. Many urban soils have been subjected to repeated damage from construction, contamination, and neglect, and therefore behave unlike natural soils. Promoting healthy communities for people and nature starts at the ground, with the soil. This webinar will discuss differences between natural and urban soils, focussing in free online NRCS resources. The goal is to provide participants with science-driven resources and an opportunity to continue learning. Presenters:
Michelle Catania, The Morton Arboretum
Allyson Salisbury, The Morton Arboretum | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Session #3 Tuesday, June 9
1-2 PM Using CMAP Tools for Conservation and Climate Resiliency Planning Through the development of the ON TO 2050 regional plan and the agency’s local planning activities, CMAP has created several tools and datasets practitioners can use to further their conservation and climate resilience planning. Staff from CMAP and the Nature Conservancy will present publicly available tools and data on stormwater, water demand, and natural resources in northeastern Illinois and share some ways partners have applied them. Tools to be discussed include CMAP’s Conservation Areas Local Strategy Map and Flood Susceptibility Index, a guidebook on integrating climate science into local plans, and the Nature Conservancy’s Chicago Greenprint.
Presenters:
Brian Daly,Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Nora Beck,Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
John Legge, The Nature Conservancy 2-3 PM Building Advocacy Network to Support Your Cause –Big or Small Gallup polls tell us that more Americans are concerned about the environment now than at any other time in the last 30 years. But during the same time, the percentage of Americans who identify as ‘environmentalists’ has never been lower. We have a unique opportunity to engage concerned Americans by empowering them to advocate effectively. During this session, professional advocates will discuss tools they use to grow advocacy networks – volunteer training programs, online platforms that organize grassroots campaigns, harnessing ‘big data’ to identify sympathetic voters (and lawmakers) – as well as how Chicago Wilderness members can more effectively deploy these tools. Moderator:
Andrew Szwak, Openlands
Panelists:
Viviana Gentry Fernandez-Pellon, Advocates for Urban Agriculture
Tucker Barry,Illinois Environmental Council
Ashley Maybanks,The Nature Conservancy - Illinois Chapter | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Given the extraordinary turn of events this spring, we have extended our partnership renewal period until June 1. You can pay online with credit card or select the "bill me" option to receive an invoice that can be mailed in with a check. Partnership dues, at any level, supports the work of Chicago Wilderness. Please contact Laura Reilly if you need assistance logging in to the portal or to discuss partnership options. | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | Have you noticed our new social media presence? Share your stories of conservation and collaboration in the region with us and we will help promote your work. Please email images, content and links to Laura Reilly using the subject line "Partner Profiles". Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. Tag us at #chiwilderness, #chicagowilderness. | | | | |
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