Northeast Chapter Events

RSVP is required.  Attendance is limited to 20 people with preference given to current INPS members.  RSVP here: https://forms.gle/LFArxFN1xfXvm1Vn8

Join site stewards Erin Faulkner and Rebecca Blazer for a walk through Bunker Hill Savanna (also known as Sidney Yates Flatwoods), a nearly 100-acre forest preserve on Chicago's northwest side.  The site features a mosaic of different habitats, including prairie, savanna, open oak woodland, flatwoods, and a bluff overlooking the North Branch of the Chicago River.  It will be the season for asters, goldenrods, gentians, and prairie grasses, so be prepared for a dazzling sea of gold and violet!

We will be traveling some narrow and infrequently-used trails, so be sure to wear long pants and sleeves, and protective footwear.  Meet in the first parking lot off of Caldwell Ave across from Tonty Ave.  If the weather is not looking favorable, we will move this event to Saturday, September 11th.

If you have questions, you can contact us at northeast.inps@gmail.com.  Please RSVP at the following link to receive an email with the meeting location: https://forms.gle/LFArxFN1xfXvm1Vn8

RSVP is required.  Attendance is limited to 20 people with preference given to current INPS members.  RSVP here:  https://forms.gle/EP5A7KQKK4aY752S6

Join Stephen Packard and Eriko Kojima for a lovely tour of Somme Prairie Grove.  This site, after four decades of restoration, has one of the region's highest quality savannas - in part restored remnants of savanna with associated original prairie, wetland and woodland. It was dedicated as an Illinois Nature Preserve this year. We will enjoy and identify large numbers of uncommon gentians, asters, goldenrods, blazing stars, grasses and sedges, and whatever may interest people, including quite a few species rarely seen these days.

Wear long pants, long socks and comfortable walking shoes, or come barefoot, as one volunteer does. The footpath is one-person-wide and the vegetation touches you as you walk, so a long sleeve shirt might be good (if you don't like being touched by rare plants).

If you have questions, you can contact us at northeast.inps@gmail.com.  Please RSVP at the following link to receive an email with the meeting location:  https://forms.gle/EP5A7KQKK4aY752S6