Elkhart Wildflower Walks Each Saturday in April
Dinner and Lecture scheduled for Friday,
April 21st
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[April 07, 2017]
ELKHART - The Elkhart Historical
Society announces the schedule for the April Wildflower walks on
Elkhart Hill, and the dinner lecture to be offered by Vernon LaGesse,
Executive Director of the Friends of the Sangamon Valley, a
charitable membership organization dedicated to the preservation of
our natural heritage by acquiring, restoring and protecting
ecological significant lands within the Lower Sangamon River
Watershed.
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The talk, “30 years of Restoring Natural Communities
in Central Illinois, while walking in the footsteps of the Captain,”
will encompass the fascinating challenges of restoring prairie,
timbers and wetlands across Central Illinois for 30 years for
various Conservation Groups. A long time devotee of Captain A.H.
Bogardus, he has not only collected items and stories related to
Bogardus, but also has restored many of the endangered or threatened
natural areas described by Bogardus’s book, “Field, Cover and Trap
Shooting” written in 1878.
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at 5:30p on Friday April 21, 2017. The menu offers a choice of
Lasagna or Chicken Pot Pie with garden salad fresh baked rolls and
choice of dessert and beverage. A $10 donation to The Elkhart
Historical Society will be included in the cost of the dinner
lecture.
The April wildflower walks will be offered twice a day, 10 a.m. or 2
p.m. and are scheduled for every Saturday in April starting April
1st for the very earliest of the spring ephemerals such as spring
beauties and Dutchmen’s breeches, concluding with the vast sweeps of
Virginia Bluebells. The final Saturday April 29, will offer two bird
walks, 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., with a combination bird and flower walk at
10 a.m.
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Private tours for groups of 10 or more can be arranged for on other days during
the spring bloom. The bird walk will once again be led by 3 fabulous
ornithologists, Rhetta Jack, Dr. Lara Borgerson, and Joe Funk- - who helped to
identify over 60 species of birds on last year’s walk.
Reservations for all events must be made by calling 217-947-2238, and
reservation forms with times and menus can be found and downloaded at the
elkharthistoricalsociety.org website.
[J. Rob Wilson]
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