Fermilab’s Earth Day Fair was a big success. Thanks to the day’s earlier big event, DASTOW, we had some welcome extra company: kids! Employees and their children got to visit our booths, check out the electric vehicles on display in the Wilson Hall driveway, and say hello to some reptilian wildlife.
Come out to plant a tree and enjoy the nice weather for Fermilab’s Arbor Day 2019! We are creating native shrub land for rare birds and wildlife! Please bring a shovel, gloves and wear outdoor shoes (Roads and Grounds will have shovels and gloves if you don’t have them). A lunch will be provided for all of the participants. For more information contact olah@fnal.gov or x3393. Rain date will be April 24.
Thursday, April 25, will be this year’s Earth Day Fair. Please join us from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Wilson Hall atrium to see live animals from the Willowbrook Wildlife Center, get information on Fermilab’s bat conversation program, win prizes, play games and more. We will also be collecting clothing, purses and shoes for donation to Mutual Ground. The collection will be for summer and fall items for women, babies, kids and young men. Please be sure that…
In preparation for this year’s Earth Day Fair, we are asking for your help in collecting empty disposable water bottles. The week of April 1, there will be collection boxes in the cafeteria and near the elevators in Wilson Hall for empty water bottles. If you have an empty water bottle to recycle, please use these collection points. Water bottles only please. Do not crush and leave caps on. We appreciate everyone’s help!
Research has shown that the presence of trees and woody vegetation in grasslands can significantly reduce the area occupied by grassland birds. To maximize usable habitat in the Eola grasslands at Fermilab, the first step is to clear the open fields of woody vegetation and trees. FNA received this grant to support the first phase of the project and hire a contractor to remove trees from this area.
Unusual December weather this past week has allowed the Roads and Grounds Group and the Ecology Group to conduct three large prescribed burns safely in the Main Ring, totaling 342.7 acres.
The Fermilab Ecological Land Management (ELM) Committee is seeking a Fermilab employee to take on the duties of the Secretary role. The ELM Committee secretary fulfills various tasks related to the email listserv, agendas, minutes, and membership letters. Time spent is typically three hours per month. The Fermilab Ecological Land Management (ELM) Committee is a Directorate-approved, chartered organization. The purpose is to provide sound ecological advice to the laboratory and an ELM plan to deliver recommendations on land management to…
From The Beacon-News, Aug. 8, 2018: A group of Aurora area high school students get a chance to learn more about the local environment as they get back to nature at Fermilab’s tall-grass prairie.
The Fermilab Playgroup have raised monarch butterflies from eggs found on milkweed at the Children’s Garden.
We recently had some visible success — with nice surprises — in attracting more birds to the grounds by managing the marshes at A.E. Sea.