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.
February 19th, 2026 - 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
On Zoom only, Allison Sacerdote-Velat - “Conserving the Cold and Scaly: Wildlife Conservation Research & Community Science at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences”
Join us as we welcome back the regional expert in herpetological conservation, Allison Sacerdote-Velat, the Curator of Biology & Herpetology/VP of Conservation Research at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences
In this hour-long talk, you will learn about the wildlife conservation research and community science programs at the Chicago Academy of Sciences, focused on the region’s amphibians, reptiles, and insects and how they use data from our volunteer biodiversity monitoring programs....
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