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)...

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...

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...

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...

by Kate Mikkelson Monday 6/19 We started our week with a visit to Pistakee Bay, which is a property that’s owned and managed by TLC. We met with Randy Schietzelt who helped teach us how to monitor conservation areas like...

By Leah Williams Welcome to the second week of CLIP! This week all the interns picked up a ton of new skills, as we visited everywhere from Irish Oaks and Crowley Oaks, to Glacial Park and even Indiana Dunes. More on that later,...