Category Archives: Presentations

Removing the Cherokee: A Soldier’s Story

Posted on January 5, 2013 by admin

[ April 15, 2013; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join us at Trail of Tears State Forest for a Living History presentation by Tony Gerard.

Tony portrays Caleb Tucker, a soldier in the United Sates Army who finds himself assigned to round up the Cherokee in preparation for forced removal to the Indian nations in present-day Oklahoma. As removal nears Caleb takes his discharge from [...]

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Northeast Australia Photo Safari & Annual Meeting

Posted on December 17, 2012 by admin

[ May 20, 2013; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join us for the Shawnee Chapter Annual Meeting  and very special presentation. Biologists Michael Jeffords and Susan Post will take us on a month-long photo safari as they journey across the northeast region of Australia . They experienced everything from koalas to kangaroos, birds of paradise to bellbirds, and much, much more . . .

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Wild About Illinois Audubon Society

Posted on December 16, 2012 by admin

[ March 18, 2013; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] What do Indiana bats, Blanding’s turtles, dusky salamanders, greater prairie-chickens, bald eagles and timber rattlers have in common? These are all (or were in the case of the bald eagle) federal and/or state endangered species that Illinois Audubon Society has protected by purchasing and perserving habitat critical for their survival. We’re wild about our many [...]

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