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Published: December 22, 2011

Calumet Photos of the Month December 2011

Laura Milkert, Conservation Ecology Manager, Keller Science Action Center

ECCo staff celebrate the coming winter solstice by doing ecological restoration and enjoying the warmth and light of a brushpile burn. 

12/6/11

Bill Smith, CIMBY teacher, wields loppers in order to remove invasive plants and help make Hegewisch Marsh more beautiful.

12/21/11   Beaubien Woods

Most interesting find of the day: a mouse pierced by the thorn of a small hawthorne tree- perhaps a cache of food from a northern shrike, a bird that winters in the Chicago region and that is known to impale its prey on a sharp projection.

ECCo staff celebrate the coming winter solstice by doing ecological restoration and enjoying the warmth and light of a brushpile burn.

Learn how to get in involved and take care of nature in your own backyard, even in the winter.

Laura Milkert
Conservation Ecology Manager

Laura’s work integrates her varied experience in program management, habitat restoration, anthropology, and working with communities.Outside of the Field Museum, Laura takes an interest in creative endeavors of various sorts related to native and edible gardens, the intersection of art and nature (photography, papermaking and collage, pottery) and exploring the natural areas and trails of the local region and beyond.

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