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GET INVOLVED
BE APART of SOMETHING BIG
INVITE FRIENDS
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Make a difference in your community and with the environment. We've supplied a list of local opportunities and contact information below. Start today by contacting one of the helpful people mentioned and get going.
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Clifftop Cliffhangers
Controlled hill prairie burns, trail maintenance, prairie plant seed collection, and invasive plant removal/control
Ralph Buettner (618) 939-8240 rakabuet@htc.net
RIVERWATCH Stream Monitoring
Training to assess stream habitat quality, aquatic insect larvae collection and identification each May & June, long-term commitment best
Vera Bojic National Great Rivers Research & Education Center (618) 468-4870 vbojic@lc.edu
National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count
In-field bird census in a designated area; a 24-hour count of all species numbers of each
Baldwin L Tim Dever (618) 475-2366
Collinsville Frank Holmes 451-2127
Carlyle Lake Dan Kassebaum 233-5451
Pyramid State Park Joe Merkelbach jemerk@netwiz.net jem_merk@hotmail.com
Bush Honeysuckle Removal Crew
Removal of this non-native plant from quality woodland habitats
Tim Dever, KVAS projects (618) 475-2366 coltond98@sbcglobal.net
SALT LICK POINT COMMITTEE
Hill prairie restoration, trail maintenance, invasive plant control
Rich Dependahl (618) 939-6065
Kaskaskia Valley Garlic Mustard Removal Crew
Control of most invasive plants in Kaskaskia Valley, garlic mustard, bush honeysuckle, Japanese honeysuckle
Glen Schuetz (618) 243-6147 glens55@hotmail.com
AMERICAN KESTRAL BANDING PROGRAM
falcons and maintenance of box houses; assist with banding of young
Thomas May (618) 475-2790 samtum@att.net
Friends of Stemler Cave
Protection of karst/cave habitat & watershed, trail maintenance
Bob Weck, coordinator (618) 281-9816 bobweck@swic.edu
Kaskaskia River Clean-up Day
Annual refuse removal from Kaskaskia R. shoreline, etc. October
Tim Dever, KVAS projects, (618) 475-2366 coltond98@sbcglobal.net
U.S. Geological Survey Breeding Bird Survey
long-term commitment best 25-mi. driven census conducted in 3-min segments that helps establish national bird population trends
Vernon Kleen (217) 787-3515 Vkleen@comcast.net
State of Illinois Spring Bird Count
First Saturday of the first full weekend in May
Monroe Co.: Mary Regan (618) 234-1609 mary.glfnbrdr@gmail.com
St. Clair Co.: Richard Call 233-1143
Randolph Co.: Tim Dever 475-2366 coltond98@sbcglobal.net
Master Naturalist Program University of Illinois Coop Extension Office
Classroom & in-field training in biology,climatology, entomology, etc.
Pam Jacobs Jacobsp@illinois.edu (618) 939-3434
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