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City of Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission met Sept. 10

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

I. OPENING ITEMS

A. Call to Order

B. Roll Call

C. Approval of Minutes of Board Meeting of July 11, 2024

II. OLD BUSINESS

A. Volunteer Workdays

B. Prospect Heights Public Library/Park District Events

1. Nature Speaks Program

2. Fall Bird Walks – September 7 and 21, 2024

C. Projects – Update/Status and Monitoring Reports

1. ComEd Seeded Prairie

2. Heron Pond

3. Hillcrest Lake

(a) Pollinator Park

(b) Shoreline Restoration Project – Year 2024

4. Nature Preserve (Gary Morava), The

5. Remnant Prairie

6. Remnant Sedge Meadow

7. Residentials

8. Saint Alphonsus

9. Slough, The

10. Tully Park

D. Seed/Greenhouse Program Update

E. Summer Internship Program 2024

F. Education Updates:

1. Wheeling High School

2. MacArthur Middle School

3. District-214 Micro-Internships – Recognition Award PHNRC

G. Prospect Heights Park District Summer Camp – Nature Camp, August 8, 2024

III. CONTINUOUS REPORTING

A. ComEd Regions Grant – Status

B. Eagle Scout Projects - Update

C. Adopt-a-Trail Update

D. NRC 2024-2025 Budget

E. City Civic Meetings and PHNRC Representation

F. Friends of the PHNRC

G. MacArthur Middle School and Tree Planting Initiative

IV. NEW INITIATIVES

A. Drone Herbicide of Cattails at the Slough – Second Application

B. Arlington Heights Garden Club Slough Tour and Winter Presentation

V. NEW BUSINESS

A. Seed Collection Wednesdays – August 21 – October 23, 2024

B. Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Seed Collection Days

C. Illinois Prairie Week – September 15 – 21, 2024

D. PHNRC Annual Seed Processing and Volunteer Appreciation Day – November 24, 2024

E. Pop UP Art Sale – September 21, 2024

F. Announcements to the Public

G. Visitor Comments

VI. ADJOURNMENT

VII. NEXT MEETING: October 10, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. CT

https://www.prospect-heights.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102024-1452