Free 1-hour webinar through the Monroe County Public Library. Tuesday, May 26, 20205PM-6PM Central / 6PM–7PM Eastern Do you ever wonder what kind of fungus that is or the name of that bird in your yard? iNaturalist is a collaborative digital resource that helps people identify all sorts of natural species and map their findings. Learn how …
Learning About Nature Using iNaturalist (May 26th webinar) Read More »
Thursday, May 7th, 20206PM – 7:30PM Join us for a virtual happy hour and get a glimpse into some unique plants and habitats of the Chicago Wilderness region through the lens of ecological restoration practitioners. Learn how plants can help recreate lost ecosystems, create entirely new ones, and help us read the landscape to learn …
Plants of the Chicago Wilderness: Stories from Home and Field Read More »
Join Project Urban botanizing in the age of COVID-19 Since most of my botanizing these days is while walking the woofer in a heavily urbanized part of Chicago, I thought I would see how many of these urban, sidewalk-phile plants I could observe in 2020. Want to join along? Join The Sidewalk Botanist Scavenger Hunt …
Saturday, April 18th at 6PM Central Daylight Time (see date/time in your local timezone) We’ll have a group chat on the iNaturalist Discord server, with @bouteloua (me!) screensharing / presenting, about what it’s like to be a curator on iNaturalist and what some of the common tasks are. If you’re already a curator, feel free …
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Grant applications are due January 31st, so get on it! Students, citizen scientists, conservation groups, and institutions are alerted to consider applying for a grant from the Illinois Native Plant Society to help fund research and to help improve our understanding of rare, threatened, and endangered species in Illinois. The Survey Grant is a new …
Verbena hastata (blue vervain) photo by Paul Sweet (CC BY-NC) Stats It’s July 20th, it’s been hot, it’s been humid, and the ILBBY’s racked up: 1,779 observers (+294 since last month’s update) 25,881 research grade observations of plants (+5,314) 1,324 species (+184) 855 identifiers (+128) Now things are getting exciting, with @dziomber (Derek) jumping into …
Hot dog, it’s the July Update of the Illinois Botanists Big Year Read More »
Stats It’s June 29th, it’s summer, it’s sedges-are-identifiable season, and the ILBBY 2019’s got: 1,485 observers (+495 since last month’s update) 20,567 research grade observations of plants (+7,191) 1,140 species (+310) 727 identifiers (+209) New to following the ILBBY project are @alefringhouse24, @irenejhf, @jhoekstra, @rozhelfand, and @stocksdale. Welcome! New to observing plants in Illinois on …
Sedgeheaven: June Update of the Illinois Botanists Big Year Read More »
I wrote about ways to mutually improve taxon pages on iNaturalist and Wikipedia over at the iNaturalist Forum.
Chicago-proximate friends, the Northeast Chapter of the Illinois Native Plant Society has a few events coming up so far this year after a lil lapse in activity in 2018. Join the Northeast Chapter here (or, other Illinois folk, your local chapter!). Have an idea for a field trip, evening lecture, or other event? Reach out …
Find the most plant species in Illinois in a single year and rejoice in your victory! In 2016, the Illinois Native Plant Society hosted the first annual Illinois Botanists Big Year. Anyone may participate, from professional botanist to plant identification novice, by uploading photographic proof of their plant sightings to an online database: iNaturalist. Through …