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Monarch Butterfly projects
These projects support the natural habitat for the State of Illinois insect, the Monarch Butterfly.
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6/27/2025The Sustainability Living Learning Community held a shorts film festival on April 19th. See attached a presentation given to attendees about sustainability education and opportunities.
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4/24/2025Hi Ali, Great to hear you are seeing milkweed emerging! I walked the field a couple of weeks ago and at that time they were not coming up yet. I was also looking to see if any of the milkweed seeds dispersed in January were coming...
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3/7/2025The Land and Water team met on March 7th, 2025, at 9 am on Teams this month. In this week's meeting, the team discussed prairie strips, sustainable water usage on campus, milkweed plantings for pollinators, and activities to participate in this...
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3/5/2025The prior annual reports were not submitted, so F&S worked to update the Bee Campus Committee members, update the Charge Letter, and submit the 2023 data. The Xerces Society approved the 2023 Bee Campus USA report on March 5, 2023....
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2/7/2025The Land and Water team had their monthly meeting on February 7th, 2025, on Teams at 9:00 am. This was the first meeting with the team's new interim chair, Jonathon Mosley. The meeting minutes and notes are attached.
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11/22/2024The Land and Water team had their monthly meeting on Friday, November 22nd, on Teams at 9 am. The meeting minutes and notes are attached.
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9/27/2024The Land and Water iCAP Team had their monthly meeting on September 27th, 2024 at 9 am on Teams. Attached are the minutes and the notes from the meeting.
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6/25/2024The student club which cared for the Butterfly Garden dissolved, and a student group has not expressed interest in caring for the garden currently.
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5/3/2024The Land & Water iCAP team met on Teams from 1-2 PM on Friday, May 3rd. We reviewed the 2020 objectives and proposed 2025 objectives. Documentation of can be found in Land and Water iCAP 2025 folder of Box linked here: https://uofi.app...
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12/1/2023The Land & Water iCAP team met on Teams from 1-2 PM on Friday, December 1st. The team discussed the meadow at Orchard Downs, revising the iCAP Land & Water objectives, and the development of an IPM plan for non-F&S areas. Meeting...