# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A Species of Land Like No Other ...  The History of Conservation in the Chicago Region
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Travel across the epic sojourn of conservation Chicago Region style, examining some of the seminal moments and defining struggles that have marked our part of the world as an epicenter of environmental thought and action. Discover not only our rich heritage of setting aside land for the natural world but how a new form of conservation, based on building thousands of privately owned backyard arks is revolutionizing conservation for the decades ahead.
 
Speker: Ed Collins

 This is an in-person presentation or join us via Zoom 

To register please click this link:
https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/a-species-of-land-like-no-other-the-history-of-conservation-in-the-chicago-region

                          Presented in Partnership
with the University of Illinois Extension - Lake County
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grayslake/a-species-of-land-like-no-other-the-history-of-conservation-in-the-chicago-region/200030776030108
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 13

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Grayslake
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: University of Illinois Extension Lake & McHenry Counties
- **lat**: 42.342790593907
- **long**: -88.005688220495
- **full address**: University of Illinois Extension Lake & McHenry Counties, 100 S US Highway 45, Grayslake, IL 60030-2204, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is A Species of Land Like No Other ...  The History of Conservation in the Chicago Region being held?
  - **A:** A Species of Land Like No Other ...  The History of Conservation in the Chicago Region takes place on Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 06 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm at University of Illinois Extension Lake & McHenry Counties, 100 S US Highway 45, Grayslake, IL 60030-2204, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing A Species of Land Like No Other ...  The History of Conservation in the Chicago Region?
  - **A:** A Species of Land Like No Other ...  The History of Conservation in the Chicago Region is organized by Wild Ones Lake to Prairie Chapter.

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