Doug Taron Archives

Return of the Butterfly Whisperer

July 10, 2021July 12, 2021 Mike Nowak Chicago Academy of Sciences, climate change, Doug Taron, estivating butterflies, Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network, insect decline, monarch butterfly, Peggy Malecki, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, pesticides, regal fritillary, squash vine borer, The Mike Nowak Show

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Doug Taron is a PhD, Chief Curator of the Chicago Academy of Sciences at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, director of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network and much more. But we prefer to call him The Butterfly Whisperer. At least this week. He joins us on the show to talk monarchs, regal fritillaries, insect decline, and whatever else comes up in the realm of entomology.

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“An Amazing Year” for Eastern Monarchs?

September 21, 2019September 26, 2019 Mike Nowak Alan Chadwick Garden, Allen Lawrance, biodynamic French intensive gardening, composting, Doug Taron, environment, gardening, monarch butterflies, organic fruit trees, Orin Martin, Peggy Malecki, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, The Mike Nowak Show

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Entomologists Doug Taron and Allen Lawrance from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum stop by the studio to discuss monarch butterflies, dragonflies, spiders and more. Orin and Manjula Martin talk about the organic approach of their book Fruit Trees for Every Garden.

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Chicken Enthusiasts and Monarch Supporters

September 15, 2018September 21, 2019 Mike Nowak butterflies, Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts, Doug Taron, dragonflies, environment, From the Start Band, gardening, monarch migration, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, urban agriculture, Windy City Coop Tour

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Members of the Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts promote the 2018 Windy City Coop & Eco-Yard Tour…and provide some musical entertainment. Mike test drives an electric vehicle in nine minutes. Doug Taron, PhD from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum reports on large numbers of migrating monarch butterflies.

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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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September 17, 2017 – Wildcrafting, Tracking Monarchs

September 17, 2017September 28, 2017 Mike Nowak Doug Taron, endangered species, environment, gardening, herbalist, Lisa M. Rose, Midwest Medicinal Plants, monarch butterfly, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, The Mike Nowak Show, wildcrafting

Lisa M. Rose talks about her book Midwest Medicinal Plants and how you can forage for those plants in your own yard. A group called Mighty House announces an effort to reduce nutrient pollutants by targeting big meat producers. Doug Taron from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum reports on Midwest monarch populations as they begin their migration to Mexico.