Author: Glenda

A Bat, a Food Forest and Hatching Caterpillars – CLIP Week 8

Written on August 3, 2023.

A bat in a pawpaw tree Monday we spent the day with Jack and Judy Speer at Small Waters Education in Harvard, where we were introduced to the world of permaculture and food forests! They treated us to some Pawpaw muffins and...

Rusty-Patched Bumblebee Sighting at a TLC Site!

Written on August 1, 2023.

A rusty-patched bumblee was spotted at a TLC site this week! TLC actually has two sites serving as rusty-patched bumblebee habitat. This bee is state and federally endangered, so this is great news and one of the many reasons...

Finding Black Cohosh, Surveying a Stream and Destroying Turfgrass – CLIP Week 7

Written on July 26, 2023.

by Emma Klein and Leah Williams Welcome to week seven of TLC’s 2023 Conservation Leader Internship Program! This week’s update is provided by Emma and Leah. Black cohosh We kicked off the week with Plants of Concern (POC)...

Parsnip, Parsnip and Rainy Day Activities – CLIP Week 6

Written on July 26, 2023.

by Joee Cortina Welcome to week 6 of CLIP! The summer is well underway – as I write this, we just passed over the halfway point of the program! As interns, we continue learning and working more and more every week, so...

A Field Trip to Midewin, Pulling Parsnip and More – CLIP Week 5

Written on July 14, 2023.

by Nari Coleman Date: Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Entry: On Wednesday morning, the CLIPsters arrived at Hennen early for a field trip to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. After arriving, we met Midewin botanist Michelle Pearion...

Seeds, Butterflies and Trees – CLIP Week 4!

Written on July 13, 2023.

by Jenn Hernandez To start off week 4 of CLIP, Monday didn’t exactly go as planned due to rain forecasted later in the day. Sadly, we couldn’t spray the turf grass with roundup at Apple Creek to make way for native...