Illinois Native Plant Society Annual Meeting

Dr. Bohdan “Bo” Dziadyk, retired professor of biology at Augustana, will be the keynote speaker at the Illinois Native Plant Society annual meeting.

The meeting will include activities and programs at Augustana and at numerous field locations in Iowa and Illinois.

During his 36 years at Augustana, Dr. Dziadyk taught botany and ecology; and was the director of Augustana’s ecological field stations. He will speak on "Plant Blindness, Deep Ecology And The Conservation Ethos." at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Wilson Center on campus.

Friday's activities begin with registration and check-in at Hanson Hall from 4-6:30 p.m. From 5:30-6:30 there will be a mixer in the atrium. 

At 6:45 p.m., photographers, Linda and Robert Scarth will discuss and show images from their book "Deep Nature: Photographs from Iowa."

At 8:45 p.m., ecologist and author Connie Mutel will discuss "Reshaping Nature in the Corn Belt."

On Saturday, there will be field trips to Thomson-Fulton Sand Prairie and Ayers Prairie, a fern workshop at Wildcat Den, and hikes at Wildcat Den, Nahant Marsh, Brockhouse Wet Prairie, Indian Bluff Hill Prairie, Beling Biological Preserve, Collinson Ecological Preserve and Black Hawk Historical Site. Some field trips will be repeated Sunday.

Registration Form