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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>FYI – Randi Doeker, Chicago<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Verdana'>From the e-newsletter of The Nature Conservancy in IL:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<pre><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Volunteers Needed for IDNR Butterfly Sur</span></font></b></a><b><font
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</span></font></b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>IDNR is looking for dedicated volunteers that are willing to commit to several years of monitoring, 4 times per year at the same site. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dr. Wayne Schennum of Hey and Associates environmental consulting firm in Volo is seeking 4 volunteers to assist in monitoring butterfly populations at 3 IDNR natural areas, primarily wetlands, during the summer of 2007. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>These studies will be conducted on weekdays from mid-June to late July or early August from a portion of the day between 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There are 6 monitoring routes; two at Volo Bog State Natural Area, two at Chain-O' Lakes State Park, and three at Moraine Hills State Park. To date 2 volunteers have been recruited, so 4 more are needed, unless someone wishes to do more than one route. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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Participants will meet near the census route chosen for each, or at the Hey office in Volo. Butterfly nets will be provided. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Schennum will join and teach volunteers about butterfly identification, habitats, and behavior. Each route will be visited 4 times during the sampling period. A tally of the number of each species observed along a census route will be kept on each date studied, and later transferred to forms shared with each volunteer. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Schennum will then analyze the data and write a report, which will be submitted to Debra Nelson and Brad Semel, IDNR Heritage Biologists for the region. The butterfly monitoring will be a pleasant experience, with studies on dangerously hot humid days postponed. This year's training experience will provide each volunteer with sufficient knowledge to continue this monitoring program in 2008 and beyond. <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The information collected each year will assist IDNR with site management and with deriving an estimated capacity to support those butterflies restricted to native wetland communities. If interested in participating in this effort, please contact: Wayne Schennum, Sr. Biologist, Hey and Associates, Inc., <st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">26575 West Commerce Drive, Suite 601</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Volo</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">60073</st1:PostalCode></st1:address>, 847-740-0888, 847-740-2888 (FAX)</span></font><tt><font
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