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Debra Shore and Mike Nowak at McCook Reservoir

Safe Water in the Era of Climate Change

January 20, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak climate change, Debra Shore, environment, gardening, Laura Deeter, MWRD, Perennial Plant Association, sanitation, shade gardening, Susan Martin, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Morton Arboretum

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Commissioner Debra Shore returns to talk about the challenges facing the MWRD as it copes with the uncertainty of climate change. Susan Martin and Laura Deeter preview the Perennial Plant Symposium at The Morton Arboretum.

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Return of the Queen of All Horticultural Media

June 23, 2018June 30, 2018 Mike Nowak Albert Ettinger, Chicago River, Clean Water Act, environment, gardening, Illinois Sierra Club, low maintenance perennials, Melinda Myers, MWRD, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Trump Tower Chicago

Garden expert, author, lecturer and Queen of All Horticultural Media Melinda Myers returns to the show to talk early summer gardening. Environmental attorney Albert Ettinger and Cindy Skrukrud from the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club explain their lawsuit with Chicago Trump Tower over its continuing violation of the Clean Water Act.

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April 15, 2018 – Science is for Citizens, Too

April 14, 2018April 19, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, Cam Davis, Doug Taron, energy efficiency, environment, gardening, green living, MWRD, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, stormwater, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Yellow Brick Properites

Cheryl Julcher from Yellow Brick Properties is a realtor who uses sustainability as a selling point. Cam Davis just garnered 15,000 write-in votes for an MWRD seat in the Illinois primary. But will he be seated? Butterfly expert Doug Taron celebrates 30 years of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network, and has a monarch update.

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March 4, 2018 – On the Road Again

March 4, 2018March 22, 2018 Mike Nowak Beth Vercolio-Osmund, Cam Davis, Congress, environment, gardening, Good Food EXPO, green living, Jim Slama, MWRD, sustainability, TerraCycle, The Mike Nowak Show, Tom Szaky

Mike and Peggy are on the road at the Greater Chicago Home + Remodeling Show in Schaumburg with show packed with guests–Jim Slama from the Good Food EXPO; Cam Davis, who is running as a write-in candidate for the MWRD; Kenneth Gallt of Foliage Design Systems of Chicago; genius recycler Tom Szaky from TerraCycle; and 16th Congressional District candidate Beth Vercolio-Osmund.

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May 21, 2017 – Name This!

May 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Bartlett Tree Experts, Dr. Allan Armitage, environmment, gardening, Isabella Woods, mulch, MWRD, Noreen Edwards Metz, plant names, The Mike Nowak Show, tree care

Mike and Peggy talk to the renowned Dr. Allan Armitage about his new book, Of Naked Ladies and Forget-Me-Nots, report on a victory for a natural area on the border of Evanston and Wilmette, and get tree care questions answered by Skeet of Bartlett Tree Experts.

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Cleaning up water, passing a farm bill and squashing squash bugs

June 29, 2012 Mike Nowak cucumber beetles, Debra Shore, disinfection of waste water, Farm Bill, Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Integrated Pest Managment, local food, MWRD, squash bugs

June 24, 2012 Debra Shore of the MWRD It’s a pleasure and a privilege to have Commissioner Debra Shore of