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Cariad Williams, paleontology PhD student

Oct 25, 2019 8:00 am
Holly Tuten, vector ecologist

Dec 13, 2019 11:00 am
Paul Marcum, botanist

Jul 23, 2020 8:00 am
Kristopher Maxson, large river fisheries ecologist

Aug 13, 2020 8:00 am
Kevin Cummings, INHS mollusk collection curator

Apr 29, 2019 9:00 am
Auriel Fournier, director of Forbes Biological Station

Jun 13, 2019 8:00 am
Sam Heads, PRI Center for Paleontology director and curator

Aug 16, 2019 12:00 pm
Brittany Rogness, mammalogist

Jun 29, 2020 8:00 am
Erica Hernandez, INHS graduate student

Oct 25, 2019 9:00 am
Maximilian Allen, assistant research scientist

Apr 28, 2020 1:00 pm
Aaron Yetter, waterfowl ecologist

Apr 16, 2020 10:00 am
Emily Szott, large river fisheries ecologist

Jul 9, 2020 9:00 am
Sara Johnson, INHS graduate student

Oct 24, 2019 9:00 am
Dominique Turney, aquatic nuisance species specialist

Dec 13, 2019 11:15 am
Ed DeWalt, aquatic entomologist

Jul 29, 2020 8:00 am
Zachary Witzel, large river fisheries ecologist

Oct 9, 2020 8:00 am
Jehnsen Lebsock, large river fisheries ecologist

Aug 28, 2020 8:00 am
Lynsey Harper, eDNA postdoctoral research associate

Oct 17, 2019 8:00 am
Liz Miernicki, wetland soils specialist

Jun 13, 2020 9:15 am
Anthony Porreca, assistant director of Kaskaskia Biological Station

Nov 15, 2019 11:15 am
Allison Bryant, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) specialist

Apr 30, 2021 8:00 am
Chelsea Kross, quantitative ecologist

Jun 2, 2020 9:00 am
Jeff Stein, fisheries ecologist

Aug 13, 2019 12:00 pm
Hayden Hedman, eco-epidemiology postdoctoral researcher

Jan 8, 2020 4:15 pm
Jake Lux, conservation resource specialist

Apr 20, 2021 8:00 am
Claire Johnson, avian ecologist

Jun 3, 2021 8:00 am
Jordyn Chace, graduate student

Oct 27, 2021 8:00 am

Jordyn Chace says she has always wanted to be a conservation biologist, even before she knew that it was a real career. Now she's a bat genomicist with the Illinois Natural History Survey.
Kristen Ragusa, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) field scientist

Mar 28, 2021 12:15 pm
Miles Bensky, sport fish postdoctoral researcher

Mar 17, 2020 8:00 am
Curtis Twellmann, Illinois Learn to Hunt regional R3 planner

Mar 4, 2021 8:00 am
Jason Buckley, Learn to Hunt workshop coordinator

Sep 26, 2020 8:00 am
Carly Fenstermacher, INHS graduate student researcher

Oct 26, 2020 8:00 am
Kevin Johnson, principal research scientist

Apr 21, 2020 12:00 pm
Joe Parkos, director of the Kaskaskia, Sam Parr, and Ridge Lake Biological Stations

Jun 17, 2019 11:30 am
Jesse Williams: large river fisheries ecologist

Aug 8, 2019 12:00 pm
Diane and Ed Wilhite, insect collection volunteers

Apr 28, 2021 8:00 am
Hillary Glandon, postdoctoral researcher

May 19, 2021 9:00 am
John Gatto, aquatic postdoctoral researcher

Feb 13, 2020 9:00 am
Claire Snyder, assistant scientist, large river fisheries ecology

Jun 12, 2019 12:45 pm
Claire Johnson, INHS graduate student researcher

Oct 26, 2020 8:00 am
Daniel Raudabaugh, postdoctoral researcher

Oct 12, 2020 9:00 am
Jason Karakehian, PhD student

May 18, 2021 9:00 am
Josh Osborn, waterbird ecologist

Nov 20, 2019 10:45 am
Megan Cowan-Cranmer, field biologist

Sep 15, 2021 8:00 am

Megan Cowan-Cranmer has been a field biologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey's Great Rivers Field Station for over 14 years, and is also this year's 2021 Confluence Conservation Leader awardee. Confluence Conservation Leader recipients work tirelessly to advocate, educate and inspire action in areas of environmental education, sustainability, and land conservation.
Stephanie Schmidt, INHS graduate student

Oct 26, 2020 8:00 am
Emily Struckhoff, INHS graduate student researcher

Oct 26, 2020 8:00 am
Caitlin Bloomer, INHS graduate student

Oct 23, 2019 9:00 am
Jim Lamer: large river ecologist

Mar 25, 2019 2:30 pm
Sam Schaick, large river fisheries ecologist

May 31, 2019 9:15 am
Chris Miller, Conservation Resource Specialist

Apr 8, 2021 8:00 am