Grassland Restoration Network Workshop

Location: Nachusa Grasslands - Headquarters 8772 S Lowden Rd, Franklin Grove, IL

You are invited to join us at our annual Grassland Restoration Network Workshop held at Nachusa Grasslands. We have limited room for participants so if you want other staff to attend email Bill Kleiman bkleiman@tnc.org and tell him whom you wish to attend. We want to spread the love around the various agencies and non-profits.

Our target audience are a mix of staff with various experience levels who are involved in creating high diversity habitat for an agency or non-profit. We can be a bit wonkish on tools, techniques and strategies. Attendees might be a seasonal crew member, or a new hire who would benefit from interacting with seasoned experts. They may be people who do the science of restoration. The mix of folks who attend these workshops has been enjoyable.

Agenda: We have several concurrent field trips planned, to keep the group size low enough for discussions to prosper. We will look at and discuss various prairie restorations, a savanna or two, equipment used, our seed room, ongoing science work, brushwork and its overlap with prescribed fire.

Housing. We do not have a block of rooms but these three hotels are reasonable and affordable:

Paddlewheel Inn in Oregon. 17 minutes away. On the Rock River. Register with this link: https://direct-book.com/properties/paddlewheelinndirect Promo code: grassland

Holiday Inn Express, near the expressway in Rochelle. 25 minutes.

Quality Inn and Suites in Dixon. 15 minutes.

Various accommodations and restaurants are on the Friends of Nachusa Grasslands website https://www.nachusagrasslands.org/places-to-eat-and-stay.html