Please join us as we celebrate the 30-year anniversary of our chapter's beginning.

We will meet at Jarrett Prairie at Byron Forest Preserve, Illinois, where the chapter was founded.

Wild Ones membership is required to attend this event: please click the button below to register.

Day-at-a-Glance

9:00-9:30 am

Social Time.

9:30 am

A brief presentation of the Jarrett Prairie and Forest Preserve histories by Todd Tucker, Executive Director of Byron Forest Preserve District.

10:00 am

Prairie walk-abouts led by Todd Tucker and Russell Brunner, Superintendent of Restoration & Maintenance at Jarrett Prairie.

11:30 am

Picnic provided by the RRVC inside the air-conditioned Prairie Museum.

Vegan options will be available.

What to Bring

Personal water bottle

Sun hat

Sunscreen & insect repellent

Registration Deadline EXTENDED to SUNDAY, JULY 14, 2024