UW Botanic Gardens facilities will be closed beginning at 12:30pm on Friday, February 8, and continuing through Sunday, February 10. Our facilities and programs are being impacted by anticipated inclement weather. Please check back on our Facebook and Twitter pages for updates going into next week. Washington Park Arboretum impacts: The Graham Visitors Cente […]
Eucalyptus gunnii is the tallest eucalyptus in the Arboretum and is now one of the taller broadleaf trees—being nearly 80’ tall at present—and enjoys a prominent position in the future footprint of the Australian Forest. Part of its longevity and good performance is also likely due to its provenance. Eucalyptus are generally grown from seed, and seed from h […]
Many well-known species like polar bears (Ursus maritimus) face immediate threats from climate change. But some wildlife, like populations of coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii) and coastal giant salamanders (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) in the Pacific Northwest, appear to have more of an ability to bounce back after droughts, which are expected become […]
Throughout rural Illinois, more than 140,000 acres of farmland have been conserved for wildlife. That’s about as much as one-third the acreage of public land in the state. Like similar programs in other states using federal Conservation Reserve Program dollars outlined in the Farm Bill, Illinois’s program compensates farmers for taking some of their fields o […]
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