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December 3: Ecology Book Club (Online): 6:30 p.m.

Are you interested in our impact on planet Earth? The web of life? Climate change? Nature? Ecology? If so, this book club is the place for you. Join us as we continue our journey of lifelong learning. The Ecology Book Club meets online at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Register online.

The November/December selection is The Long-Shadowed Forest by Helen Hoover. Please check the club's webpage for updates.

NOTE: Books are selected by the club members, and no scientific expertise or background is necessary to participate. You don't even need to have finished the book!

December 6: Advanced Winter Tree ID Workshop: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Join Dr. Cynthia Lane (Ecological Strategies, LLC) for an advanced Winter Tree Identification Workshop at Cedar Creek! Dr. Lane has taught this course at the North House Folk School as well as at facilities in Wisconsin, and will be offering an intensive workshop designed to boost winter tree ID skills for arborists, natural resource professionals, restoration ecologists, and naturalists.

This course will cover:

The key characters needed to identify common Midwestern trees and selected shrubs by bark, buds, scent, and seeds;
How to use published and online resources for winter identification.

How to use keys for dormant season identification;

The primary wood grain characters and how to use grain to identify trees;

Characters to distinguish different evergreen tree species.

Date: Saturday, December 6, 2025

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Location: Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve

Cost: $85

For more information, contact Dr. Lane at [email protected]

Register for the event

January 28: Ecology Book Club (Online): 6:30 p.m.

Are you interested in our impact on planet Earth? The web of life? Climate change? Nature? Ecology? If so, this book club is the place for you. Join us as we continue our journey of lifelong learning. The Ecology Book Club meets online at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Register online.

January's selection is Sea Of Grass: The Conquest, Ruin and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie by Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty. The authors will be joining our discussion! Please check the club's webpage for updates.

NOTE: Books are selected by the club members, and no scientific expertise or background is necessary to participate. You don't even need to have finished the book!