Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission
Nature Speaks is a part of our Education and Outreach programs and is a collaboration with our partner, the Prospect Heights Public Library.
The series will feature four speakers annually, one each season and is designed to bring important national and regional speakers to Prospect Heights to discuss important, informative and entertaining topics affecting our city, our state and our planet.
All programs take place at the Prospect Heights Public Library's AB meeting room and on Zoom. Talks start promptly at 7:00. Nature Speaks is free admission but registration is necessary. Please register using the link on the speakers page.
Zoomers, after registration, the library will send you a Zoom link to the event as it gets closer to the date.
May 7th, 2026 - 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Live and in-person, Bill Glass
“Brown Bears of Katmai National Park, Alaska”
Brown bears are the largest land-dwelling carnivore. They have the most extensive geographic distribution of any bear species - they can be found in North America, Europe and Asia. In North America they are frequently called grizzly bears. We’re going to take a close look at the brown bears that live along the Alaska Peninsula, usually called coastal or peninsula brown bears.
June 23rd, 2026 - 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Live and in-person, Joel Greenberg
Renown author Joel Greenberg returns for a second visit to Nature Speaks to Discuss his new book, "To Life".
There have been few if any books on Jews who studied the various facets of natural history. There have certainly been those who have done so in the past and in the current world there are many, but for a host of reasons natural history as a career or serious avocation was much less common in the past.
To Life: Jews Exploring Nature offers a unique exploration of Jewish engagement with nature through compelling biographies of eight selected subjects.
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