USDA Forest Service Archives

Doug Tallamy on Fighting to Save Trees and Natural Areas

April 9, 2022April 16, 2022 Mike Nowak carbon sequestration, David J. Nowak, Doug Tallamy, Homegrown National Park, Jeannette Hoyt, native plants, Peggy Malecki, Save Bell Bowl Prairie, Save Jackson Park, The Mike Nowak Show, tree loss due to Obama Presidential Center, USDA Forest Service

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Author and educator Doug Tallamy returns to the show to talk about the importance of protecting and creating spaces to promote biodiversity. Jeannette Hoyt from Save Jackson Park and David J. Nowak from the USDA Forest Service in Syracuse, New York, discuss the damage done to local ecosystems–and urban neighborhoods–by removing large swaths of trees, which is happening with the construction of the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s south side.

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Midewin: Where the Buffalo Roam

September 29, 2018August 3, 2019 Mike Nowak bison, environment, exotic invasive plants, gardening, Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, native plants, Openlands, Possibility Place Nursery, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Nature Conservancy, The Wetlands Initiative, USDA Forest Service

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Mike and Peggy broadcast live from Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, just southwest of Chicago near Wilmington, Illinois, and talk to range of guests about one of the great restoration projects in the history of the planet.