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February 11, 2017 – The Beauty and “Chicugly” of Nature

February 15, 2017 Mike Nowak

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February is the month for indoor environmental events and Mike and Peggy cover two of them–the Bioneers Speaker Series at

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February 11, 2017 – The Beauty and “Chicugly” of Nature

February 10, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Chicugly, Emily Graslie, environment, gardening, Great Lakes Bioneers Speaker Series, McHenry County College, resiliency, Robb Telfer, sustainability, The Brain Scoop, The Field Museum, The Mike Nowak Show, Wild Things

Mike Nowak and Peggy Malecki are covering the February nature and sustainability conference circuit this week, featuring the Bioneers Speaker Series at McHenry County College and Wild Things Conference at UIC Forum.

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February 4, 2017 – On the Front Lines of the Factory Farm Fight

February 5, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Mike and Peggy break the story about how a factory farm in Fulton County, Illinois reapplied for a permit just

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February 4, 2017 – On the Front Lines of the Factory Farm Fight

February 3, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak CAFOs, Craig Porter, environment, factory farms, IEPA, Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois Farm Bureau, Karen Hudson, The Mike Nowak Show, water pollution

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Mike and Peggy welcome farmer and activist Karen Hudson back to the program, as Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water (ICCAW) holds its annual meeting in Lewiston, Illinois. She, and fellow farmer Craig Porter report on the latest battles against inhumane and environmentally destructive factory farms in the state.

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January 28, 2017 – Melinda Myers Is in the Yard

February 1, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Mike and Peggy talk winter tasks, including pruning, with nationally recognized gardening expert Mellinda Myers.

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January 28, 2017 – Melinda Myers Is in the Yard!

January 27, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Can't Miss Small Space Gardening, climate change, environment, gardening, Great Courses, Melinda Myers, pruning, Rick DiMaio, The Mike Nowak Show, trees and shrubs, winter garden care

Peggy and Mike welcome gardening expert, TV and radio host, author & columnist Melinda Myers, who has been on The Mike Nowak Show many times. Today she talks about winter pruning and what you need to keep in mind when hiring a landscape designer.

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January 21, 2017 – The Plight of the Bumble Bee

January 25, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Mike and Peggy talk to a couple of experts about the recent decision to put the rusty patched bumble bee

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January 21, 2017 – The Plight of the Bumble Bee

January 20, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Endangered Species Act, environment, extinction, gardening, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, pollinators, rusty patched bumble bee, The Mike Nowak Show, Xerces Society

Mike and Peggy talk to two experts–Allen Lawrance from Chicago’s Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Rich Hatfield from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation–about the recent decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.

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January 14, 2017 – Secrets of Selecting Seeds

January 15, 2017 Mike Nowak

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Mike and Peggy welcome Lisa Hilgenberg from the Chicago Botanic Garden, who talks about her favorite seed catalogs and how

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January 14, 2017 – Secrets of Selecting Seeds

January 13, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak Chicago Botanic Garden, gardening, GMOs, heirloom plants, hybrids, Peggy Malecki, Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden, seed catalogs, The Mike Nowak Show

It’s another abbreviated version of The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki today. However, The Man has informed us that we get to broadcast for a full two hours on Saturday, January 21. We’ll see. However, this morning we welcome Lisa Hilgenberg, who is the horticulturist at the Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, back to the program. Her mission: to teach us as much as she can in about twenty minutes about which seed catalogs to order and how to get those little guys started–and when!