Science Challenge 2018 Videos
Science Program Fundraising Challenge Met! Thanks to our generous supporters, we raised $20,000 and secured an additional $20,000 match from a local foundation to directly support science at Nachusa!
You can still support science at Nachusa!
You can still support science at Nachusa!
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Dr. Richard King
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Department of Biological Sciences Endangered turtles at Nachusa! When you support our science program, this is where your money goes!
Friends has stayed local by supporting 25 research projects from Northern Illinois University, but our reach extends nationally, supporting scientists from Maryland and North Carolina and even internationally from Ontario, Canada. Do it for the turtles! Give today! |
Nathalie Baena-Bejarano
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PhD candidates We fund research to study many aspects of the prairie including reptiles, water quality, nesting birds, soil microbes and, as Katie and Nathalie tell us, poorly documented groups of insects. Their findings will directly inform on-the-ground land management at Nachusa!
We have a ways to go to secure the $20,000 match. Please consider supporting research at Nachusa! Participate in the Fundraising Challenge! |
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Katie Wenzell
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY and CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN PhD student in Plant Biology and Conservation Of the 43 researchers that Friends have funded in the last 8 years, more than half have been female scientists, including Katie Wenzell who studies the Illinois endangered plant, Downy Yellow Painted Cup — Castilleja sessiliflora.
Conserving rare species and supporting women in science is what we do. Help us do more, give today! Each dollar you give is matched 100% until we reach our $20,000 goal! Participate in the Fundraising Challenge! |
Sheryl Hosler
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Master's Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences We have awarded $124,000 to 43 different researchers from 11 universities to conduct research at the Nachusa Grasslands in the last 8 years, including Sheryl Hosler. Your support makes this possible!
We're on the way to our goal. Help us over the hump! Participate in the Fundraising Challenge! |
Videos by volunteer videographer, Greg Baker
UPDATED 03/2019