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09/10/2019

October is the perfect month to begin planting next year's native plants in your garden. CWNI will be at Oak Lawn farmers market this Wednesday morning with a selection of native seeds for sale.

Wow! What a great group. Thanks for coming out to the hike. If you'd like to join us on a guided hike, please follow us...
08/03/2019

Wow! What a great group. Thanks for coming out to the hike. If you'd like to join us on a guided hike, please follow us on Facebook for event postings. Hope to see you soon!

What a beautiful day for a hike! Great turnout for a fun hike. Hope you can join us next time :) Our next hike will be p...
07/27/2019

What a beautiful day for a hike! Great turnout for a fun hike. Hope you can join us next time :) Our next hike will be posted here soon!

06/05/2019

Native pollinator love native prairie wildflowers. Buy yours today at Oak Lawn farmers market.

Native Plant gardens have proven successful as alternative habitat for native pollinators. This year CWNI will be sellin...
05/24/2019

Native Plant gardens have proven successful as alternative habitat for native pollinators. This year CWNI will be selling native flowering plants at Oak Lawn farmers market. The market runs from June 5th each Wednesday through the summer beside the public library.

02/19/2019

Have you ever wondered how trees survive our harsh winters? The secret to their survival lies in a gradual process of going dormant as winter approaches. As the amount of darkness (photoperiod) increases and temperatures drop with the approach of fall, changes start to occur inside the tree. Photoperiod and temperature receptors in the leaves of deciduous trees stimulate production of hormones which act like chemical messengers to gradually shut down photosynthesis as it becomes less useful. Chloroplast (Photosynthetic unit) production decreases and we see color changes in the leaves. Eventually abscission (leaf detachment) is triggered and metabolism is drastically reduced. With leaf loss, water requirements are reduced dramatically. Cells throughout the tree shrink as dormancy sets in for the winter. This process prevents the damage that freezing water would inflict on these cells as our regions typical winter temperatures set in. A few weeks from now we will see the process reversed as winters icy grip loosens on our areas trees.

01/23/2019

1. Amphibians and Winter
Frogs and toads provide the soundtrack of a summer which seems like a distant memory on this snowy January day. We may wonder, where have all the amphibians gone? They are still here but are in true hibernation. To survive our harsh cold, foodless winter, our frogs, toads and salamanders must enter a state of extremely slow metabolism with little to no heartbeat as their body temperature matches their surroundings. They are found in pond bottoms, under the leaf litter sometimes in burrows or cavities called hibernacula. Others squeeze into tree crevices and logs. Next time you are hiking in our natural areas take a moment to think about the hundreds of amphibians around you waiting to wake up to the new summer ahead.

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