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Native Plants for Bird Habitat by Stephen Packard, Hosted by West Cook Wild Ones

Stephen Packard helped plan and implement a number of Illinois' large ecological restoration projects including Nachusa Grasslands, Bartel Grassland, Orland Grassland and the Spring Creek Forest Preserves. He also helped design and initiate the Volunteer Stewardship Network, Friends of the Forest Preserves, Mighty Acorns, and Chicago Wilderness. He has extensive experience in the restoration of prairies and oak woodlands.

To read more about Stephen Packard,  Green Community Connections has an an interview  written by Laurie Casey: Meet Stephen Packard, Founding Director of Audubon Chicago Region.

For more information about West Cook Wild Ones or this presentation, please contact Pam Todd, President, (pamtodd5@me.com)

West Cook Wild Ones is a local non-profit chapter of the national Wild Ones.  We are dedicated to creating a sustainable future by increasing biodiversity through using native plants and environmentally aware landscaping practices.   Our choices in our landscapes have huge impacts on all of us. 

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