As you drive through Fermilab, please be cautious of wildlife that may share the road.
ecology
During the spring and fall, Roads and Grounds crews conduct prescribed burns in the natural areas to create and maintain a healthy ecosystem for both plants and animals.
The Roads and Grounds Department will be conducting a prescribed burn today, March 21, in Big Woods. The wind direction is predicted to be from the south at 10-15 mph. The crew will start at 11:30 a.m., and the burn should be completed by 4:30. p.m.
The Roads and Grounds Department will conduct a prescribed burn today, March 15, in Discovery Woods, followed by a prescribed burn in Pine St. Woods if time allows. The predicted wind direction is south at 10-15 mph. The burn will start at 12:30 p.m. and should be completed by 4:30 p.m.
The Ecological Land Management committee will be holding its annual Winter Speaker Series virtually on March 2 and April 6. On Thursday, March 2, please join us from noon to 1 p.m., to listen to Andrew Mackay, Associate Scientist and Vector Ecologist at Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign discuss mosquitoes and mosquito-borne arboviruses in Illinois. On Thursday, April 6, please join us from noon to 1 p.m., to listen to Scott Meister,…
Fermilab’s Roads and Grounds team use prescribed burns to restore land around the lab.
As you drive through Fermilab, please be cautious of wildlife that may share the road.
The Fermilab Natural Areas organization assists in restoring, managing and monitoring Fermilab’s various ecosystems. They aim to “restore and study the natural areas within Fermilab while encouraging employees and neighbors to experience and enjoy Fermilab’s natural beauty.”
Levernier shares his passion for the environment, birding and prairie restoration at Fermilab.
The bison population is growing as the birth ushers in spring.