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Contact Kathy Dame
Connecticut College Arboretum
(860)-439-5060
e-mail Kathy

The Mountain Laurel Chapter of Wild Ones, sponsored by Connecticut College Arboretum, meets the first Saturday of the month at 10:00 am at the Olin Science Center, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut. Our Business Meeting is held from 10:00-10:30, followed by an Educational Program. Visitors are welcome!

Chapter Contact(s): Gene Wells: (847) 421-5480 e-mail or Karin Wisiol: (847) 548-1650 e-mail
President: Gene Wells (847) 421-5480 e-mail
Secretary and Website Editor: Linda Hurst (847) 543-1436 e-mail

Margaret Ovitt (309) 836-6231, e-mail

Pat Hill (847) 741-7284, e-mail

BOB PORTER, President: (312) 744-5472
e-mail
Meetings are usually held the second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the North Park Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, unless otherwise indicated.

Constance McCarthy
President
(815) 282-0316
President

Meetings are usually held the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. Unless otherwise stated, we meet at Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main, Rockford.

JOY BOWER: (219) 989-9679, e-mail
Meetings are usually held on the first Saturday of the month, 10 a.m., at Gibson Woods, 6201 Parrish Ave., Hammond, Ind., unless otherwise noted.

ANN BOWE, President: e-mail.
BEATE POPKIN, Vice President: e-mail.

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month (unless otherwise announced) at various locations TBA. Watch for information through e-mail postings from the Wild Ones e-net. Please place our domain name "for-wild.org" in your safe senders list.

RICK HARNED, President: (502) 897-2485, e-mail

To contact the chapter by U.S. Mail, use the following address:

Wild Ones® Louisville Chapter
P.O. Box 4593
Louisville, KY 40204

Our Vision:

This chapter encompasses the Louisville Metro area and Southern Indiana. We host spring speakers, an early summer "Show Me, Help Me Day," and summer tours of native plant gardens, fall board elections and seed/plant exchange at an indoor potluck dinner, and winter speakers. Meetings focus on what can be done to naturalize our residential properties. The fourth Saturday of each month is the Chapter adopted Wildflower Woods Work Session (weather permitting) Location: Wildflower Woods is in Cherokee Park between Cherokee Parkway, Barney Avenue and the Scenic Loop.

Louisville Chapter Meeting Schedule

SUSAN BRYAN: (734) 622-9997, e-mail
KAREN LOWRY: (810) 231-8980, e-mail
Meetings are usually held the second Wednesday of the month. Time and location vary.

CAROL SPANNINGA: Phone: (517) 857-3766 e-mail

Meetings are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 pm at the Calhoun Intermediate School District (CISD) building, 17111 G Drive North (at Old US-27), Marshall, MI unless otherwise noted. Please check our calendar page for current meeting sites.

Jeanne Rose: (906) 789-1442, e-mail Thomas Tauzer: (906) 428-3203, e-mail

Monthly meetings are the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm at Bay de Noc Community College unless otherwise noted. Check the calendar for more information about monthly meetings and outings.

CONNIE MANLEY: (248) 538-0654, e-mail
Time and location of meetings varies. Please call or email for details. Public is welcome.

AMY HEILMAN: (616) 308-8176, e-mail
SUE BOUCHARD: (616) 450-9429, e-mail


Programs are held at 7 pm the first Monday of each month (except December and January).

For Membership or other information contact:
President - Rebecca Gale-Gonzalez: (810) 762-0455, e-mail
Vice President - Melville Kennedy: (810) 257-8822, e-mail
Secretary - Ginny Knag: (810) 694-4335, e-mail
Treasurer - Terry Gill: (810) 691-5945, e-mail
Programming - Carol Groat: (810) 695-0881 e-mail
Webmaster - Gabriel Zawadzki: (810) 635-4912 e-mail
Meetings are held at 6 pm on the second Monday of each month, at Mott Community College in the Prahl Center Genesee Room, located at 1401 E. Court Street in Flint, MI unless otherwise noted. map link.

Kristine Bradof (906) 482-0446, e-mail

Dave Wendling, President: (269) 624-6946, Email
Marilyn Breu, Secretary: Email
Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, unless otherwise noted.
From October through April, the chapter meets at the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 2208 Winchell Avenue, Kalamazoo.
There is no meeting in December. Spring and summer meetings vary in location and time, and are usually in the field.

Our next field trip will be Saturday, June 13th. Please see our chapter page for further details on our upcoming programs and field trips.

Welcome to the newest Michigan Wild Ones Chapter. For further information about joining this chapter, please contact Dawn Zuengler, President or via phone at 989-430-7735.

Mid-Mitten Chapter will be meeting generally at the Chippewa Nature Center in Midland. Dates and times of meetings will vary. Please go to Mid-Mitten Chapter Calendarwebpages for futher information.

BARBARA BRAY: (248)601-6405 (President & Membership); e-mail.
No meetings planned for 2009 because of chapter suspension. Please call 248-601-6405 for more information. (map).

Sue Millar, President
517-675-5665
smillar@hughes.net

Mary Leys, Publicity
517-887-0596
wildonespress@yahoo.com

Click on "Red Cedar Chapter" link above and cursor down to see our calendar of events!

CAROL ANDREWS: (218) 529-8204, e-mail
Meetings are usually held the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Location September through April is Hartley Nature Center in Duluthe; locations vary over the summer. Check website for details. Open to the public.

Eleanor Burkett (218) 454-0912, e-mail

Diane Hilscher, President: e-mail or (651) 436-3836
Roger Miller, Programs: e-mail or (651) 275-0526


Our St. Croix Oak Savanna Chapter sponsors monthly programs by enthusiasts and experts on native plants and natural landscapes. Meetings are normally free and open to the public. Special events may include a registration fee to help cover costs. Cold weather (indoor) meetings are held the third Thursday of the month, 7 pm, at the FamilyMeans building in Stillwater (Click for a Map). Warm weather garden tours and field trips are typically held Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. See our Chapter Calendar below for details. We welcome all levels of plant and gardening enthusiast. Join us to learn more about Minnesota and Wisconsin native plants and how they can enhance our outdoor spaces.

Teresa Jaskiewicz: (218) 736-0137, e-mail
Meetings are usually held the fourth Monday of the month, 7 p.m., at Prairie Wetlands Learning Center, Fergus Falls. During the summer months, we often take field trips. Visitors are always welcome. View our calendar of events at Calendar.

GREG SHIRLEY: (320) 259-0825, e-mail
Meetings are usually held the fourth Monday of the month at the Heritage Nature Center, 6:30 p.m.

Marty Rice, 952-927-6531,
Mary Schommer, 612-729-5274,

Meetings are usually held the third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. (set-up & socializing begins at 6:30), at the Wood Lake Nature Center, 6710 Lake Shore Drive, Richfield, unless otherwise noted. View our Current Calendar.

LESA BEAMER, wildonesmo@yahoo.com
Meetings are usually held the second Saturday of the month, 10:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Location varies.

Meetings are usually held on the first Wednesday of the month (except December and January) at 6:00 p.m. Location varies. For more information, call Shaw Nature Reserve at (636) 451-3512 and ask for Scott or send email to Scott Woodbury. See calendar below for directions to each meeting. Non-members are welcome to attend.

Habitat Gardening in Central New York meets every month to learn more about creating a healthy habitat for people and for wildlife. We're fortunate to have many knowledgeable people in Central New York who present programs on native plants, natural landscaping, and providing habitat for wildlife. For more information, visit our website or contact Janet Allen at (315) 487-5742 or by e-mail.

A New Wild Ones Chapter has been started in the Youngstown area of New York. This Chapter area covers Niagara, Erie, Genesee, Wyoming, and Orleans Counties and the three Southern tier counties: Chautauqua, Cattarugus, and Allegheny. For more information you can contact Joan Johnson email.

A New Wild Ones Chapter has been started in the Niagara Falls region of New York. This chapter area follows the Niagara River Greenway municipal boundaries as determined by the Niagara River Greenway Commisison and the Niagara Falls National Heritage area. The chapter area includes the following municipalities: City of Niagara Falls and the lower Niagara River gorge, the Towns of Porter, Lewiston, Niagara, and Tonawanda, the villages of Youngstown and Lewiston, and Wheatfield, North Tonawanda, City of Tonawanda, Grand Island, Kenmore, and Buffalo, New York. For more information on this chapter, you can contact Michelle Vanstrom at 716-913-5324 or via e-mail. See our web site

Members of the Western Reserve Chapter of Wild Ones come from Cleveland and nearby communities to meet generally at the North Chagrin Nature Center at 3037 Som Center Rd in Willoughby Hills.

For more information contact Barb Holtz at (440-473-3370) or e-mail.

Spring 2008 issue of the Western Reserve Chapter newsletter

Summer 2008 issue of the Western Reserve Chapter newsletter

Autumn 2008 issue of the Western Reserve Chapter newsletter

The Greater Cincinati Chapter has monthly meetings or field trips, as well as many other opportunities for learning about native plants. To view the program schedule visit the Greater Cincinnati Wild Ones website link above.

For more information, contact Chris McCullough at 513-860-4959 or email Chris.

Except for field trips, the Columbus Chapter meets the second Saturday of the month, 10:00 a.m., at Inniswood Metropolitan Park, Innis House, 940 Hampstead Rd., Westerville.

DIRECTIONS: To Inniswood From I-270, take the SR 3/Westerville Road exit north to Schrock Road (Huntington Bank, 630 South State Street, is on the Southeast corner) and turn right. Go about one mile to South Hempstead Road and turn right. Entrance is about 1/2 mile on the right. Inniswood Metro Park

For more information, contact Columbus Chapter Jann Offutt, Columbus Chapter President.

WILD ONES ALERT!

Midwest Native Plant Conference

July 24- July 26 2009

* Connecting People and Nature * Hope Hotel Dayton, Ohio

Focus on this conference is native prairies and wetlands with emphasis on the importance of native plant communities and how these elements can be included in any landscape. Presented by Flora-Quest and Greater Cincinnati Wild Ones

Contacts: Jim McCormac, Chair, at ambrosia@columbus.rr.com and Kathy McDonald at 513.941.6497 or kmc@one.net

Our chapter meets the second Tuesday of the month, October - April, 7:00 p.m. We have a new meeting place at Olander Park in Sylvania. For directions and such, please see TOPS website. We will be meeting in the Nederhouser Community Hall.

We also have various nature hikes, education and outreach programs going on during the growing season at places to be determined all over NW Ohio. These take place on the second Saturday of the month from May to September.

This is the fun we have planned for the spring:

Tuesday, February 10, 7 p.m.
Nederhouser Community Hall,Olander Park
Tom Schoen, Vintage Gardens Gallery
Tom runs Vintage Gardens, a gift and garden shop in Toledo Botanical Gardens. He has many years of experience in landscaping with natives and will be sharing his wealth of information with us. More information on the gallery here.

Tuesday, March 10, 7 p.m.
Nederhouser Community Hall, Olander Park
Jan Hunter, Naturally Natives Nursery
Jan has been one of the few year round providers of native plants in the Northwest Ohio Area. She will talk to us about the herbal uses of native plants. Check out her website at www.naturallynative.net.



Starting in April we will be doing monthly hikes and work days. These dates are to be determined and will generally be on WEEKENDS! Here is what we have planned, dates will be forthcoming!

April: Nan Weston Preserve
Nan Weston Preserve Info. I am determined to make it up here for spring wildflowers, so why not take everyone with me :) It is about an hour away, but we will be carpooling and getting lunch/dinner, depending on what time we go.

May: Blue Weekend May 15-17
There are a ton of events going on this weekend, so when there is a definate schedule I will forward it on, we thought this would be enough this month.

June: Kitty Todd
Early June is really when the lupin starts blooming, so we will head out there for a nice hike.

July: Sylvania Garden Tour
There are a number of gardens around the Sylvania area that we can go check out to give us ideas for our yards. We will carpool for this one as well.

August: Cook out at Blue Creek
Penny would like us to come out again and check things out, we will have dinner and a tour of her operations.

September: Native Woodies
Thought this might be a good time to check out some native shrubs and small trees, we will probably head up to Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor for this one. Matthaei Botanical Gardens Website.


If you would like to recieve reminders for our activities and info about other stuff going on in the area relating to natives, please let us know the email address to be added to our blind copy email distribution list.

For questions or other information, please contact us by e-mail or via phone at(419)882-8313 ext. 29. Ask for Erika Buri

Hope to see you!

Wild Ones newest chapter

HABITAT RESOURCE NETWORK OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
P.O. Box 274
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Phone: 484-678-6200
Website: www.habitatresourcenetwork.org
Emai:info@habitatresourcenetwork.org.

If you are in Chester/Delaware County area, we would love to hear from you.
For more information, e-mail Maureen, or phone at 484-678-6200.

DAN DIETERICH (715) 344-1063 Dan Dieterich
Meetings are usually held the fourth Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m., in Rooms 1&2, Portage County Extension Building, 1462 Strongs Ave., Stevens Point, unless otherwise noted.
Go to chapter website for summer tour schedule. "

Contact Person: Peter Sigmann, President: peter sigmann 920-824-5193, Membership & Meetings: Cliff Orsted (920) 746-9770, Educational Meetings: Oct.- May (various locations, usually on Saturdays)
Field Trips: June - September, usually on Saturdays

For more information about the Fox Valley Area Chapter of Wild Ones,
contact Co-President Kristin Kauth
or
Co-President Kay Lettau


Indoor Winter meetings are held the fourth Thursday, 7 p.m. at either

• Gardens of the Fox Cities, 1313 E. Witzke Blvd., Appleton
• Evergreen Retirement Community, 1130 N. Westfield St., Oshkosh.
  
  
  Outdoor Spring to Fall meetings are announced in the newsletter and on this web site. They consist of field trips, rescue digs, and other activities. Car pooling for field trips will be announced.
  
  When we hire a bus, please meet at the designated stops 15-25 minutes before departure times so we can leave on schedule. Pre-registration for all bus tours will be required no less than 2 weeks prior to each trip. A fee will be charged for bus tours.