National Great Rivers Research and Education Center on LinkedIn: The wetlands team from National Great Rivers travelled across the… (2024)

The importance of long-term monitoring in the making! This week, our treefrog team caught and released more treefrogs at one specific site than at that location in the past three years combined. We're now seeing our target species, the state-threatened Bird-voiced Treefrog, for the first time at this location! Huge thanks to Save the Frogs for their Amphibian Conservation Grant, enabling us to continue to gather crucial data on Bird-voiced Treefrog populations and the impact of restoration efforts in southern Illinois cypress swamps.

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Check out this article written by NGRREC Intern, Makhia Logan, about our upcoming event: Mississippi River Days of Action! #MississippiRiver #EnvironmentalEducation #NGRREC

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We are so grateful to be recipients of the 2024 Water and Environment Grant! If you want to help us show our gratitude, please like, comment, and share American Water's announcement! Thank you for commitment to our community! #KeepCommunitiesFlowing #2024WaterAndEnvironment

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Are you looking for fun, engaging experiences for your middle schooler this summer? Camp Waterschool is excited to have a new camp for middle schoolers this year, Water + Art! This camp is designed to combine art and science for a true STEAM experience. The week will provide opportunities for campers to combine science, art, and the outdoors. Campers will canoe, sketch, paint, run a field experiment, and engage in stewardship activities to keep our river healthy. By reflecting on their personal experiences with the river, campers will better understand the power of STEAM. If you have a middle schooler aged 12-14 and would like more information about this opportunity, please feel free to message us or visit our website at: https://lnkd.in/efTYdBNe #swarovskifoundation #campwaterschool #SFwaterschool #sdg6 #summercamp #STEAMeducation #STEM

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Let's go behind the scenes with a sneak peak of the exciting things happening at the field station! Ryan Hanlon and Route 3 Films interviewed NGRREC leadership as we continue to create more content to move science to policy. Stay tuned for the full videos! #behindthescenes #environmentalscience

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This week is... drumroll please.... TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! One of NGRREC's three main pillars is Education. We value our educators at every level. Thanks to the Swarvoski Foundation, we are able to provide Waterschool water curriculum and activities to teachers across the state of Illinois and Missouri! This school year, twenty-nine schools in five counties have a Waterschool-trained educator. More than 1500 students engaged with Waterschool programming. We distributed water curriculum kits to 40 teachers, and held a Water Festival for more than 900 fifth graders. If you want to learn more, email us at ngrreceducation@lc.edu!#Waterschool #SwarovskiFoundation #EnvironmentalEducation #waterfestival #teacherappreciationweek

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Froggy Friday!It has been a busy month here at NGRREC.🔹 Last week Assistant Scientist, Jessica Mohlman, and Research Specialists, Jen Hemphill and Chris Sedivy, opened up ✨500 treefrog traps✨ across southern Illinois to begin our 4th field season on our research of the state-threatened Bird-voiced Treefrog. This year, we will be continuing to gather population information on Bird-voiced Treefrogs, Green Treefrogs, and Gray Treefrogs, along with gathering habitat information on vegetation and water quality in the beautiful cypress swamps of southern Illinois. We will begin sampling for the frogs in the next two weeks! For more information on this project, view our short documentary here➡️https://lnkd.in/g9Gjha2r🔹 NGRREC Intern, Grace Cook, has continued to monitor our newly hatched Wood Frog tadpoles as we await their metamorphosis to adulthood as part of her research on the effects of road salt and leaf litter on their growth and survival. As Wood Frogs are one of the northern-most frog species, their breeding and growth period overlap with snow melt and when we see road salt leach into bodies of water near roadways.#ngrrec #BirdVoicedTreeFrog #Frogs

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💦 Calling All Exhibitors and Sponsors! Be Part of the 22nd Annual Water Festival 💦We're thrilled to announce that we're halfway to the 22nd Annual Water Festival, an outdoor education event for area 5th graders and their teachers! Join us in making a splash at this incredible celebration of water and environmental education.📅 Event Date: September 20, 2024 | 📍 Location: Lewis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, IL🎪 Exhibitors Wanted: Showcase your water connection and your career field and engage with eager young minds! From water recreation to water resource management and sustainable solutions, there's room for everyone! Register at https://bit.ly/WFExhibitor🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities: Show your support of water education and community enrichment by sponsoring Water Festival. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/g6jKXZc6This event isn't just about fun - it's about fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation for our planet's most precious resource. Help us empower the next generation of water stewards!Questions? DM us or email ngrreceducation@lc.edu#Illinois#AltonIllinois#education#SWAROVSKIFOUNDATION#waterfest#ngrrec

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Dive into the wonders of nature with our latest reel on Facebook showcasing the journey of wood frog tadpoles as they hatch and thrive in the warming spring temperatures. Here you will see intern, Grace Cook, and researcher, Jessica Mohlman, as they investigate the effects of road salt and leaf litter on Wood Frogs. Don't miss out – head over to our Facebook page now and join the adventure! #NatureWonders #WoodFrogJourney #Wildlife #Illinois 🎥 Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gyuZ34wK

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