Videos
Bison
Title: Summer 2019 Bison
Length: 00:01:30
Title: Summer 2019 Bison
Length: 00:01:15
Title: Winter 2020 B-Roll Bison Broadcast
Length: 00:01:16
Recreation
Title: Autumn color
Length: 00:01:31
Title: Iron Bridge Trailhead, restored prairie Route 66
Length: 00:00:48
Title: Trails and Kids
Length: 00:01:25
Wildlife and Botany
Title: Autumn seed harvest
Length: 00:01:30
Title: Harvesting native Illinois prairie plants
Length: 00:01:40
Title: Native Illinois prairie plants
Length: 00:00:28
Title: Native Illinois prairie plants 2
Length: 00:00:45
Title: Pollinators
Length: 00:00:41
History
Title: Bunkers, Group 66 Bunker Field
Length: 00:01:12
Title: Bunkers, Bunker demolition, Group 811 Bunker Field
Length: 00:01:23
Title: Prairie Farm History
Length: 00:00:26
Title: Passport in Time volunteers
Length: 00:01:30
Title: Footage of Joliet Arsenal Buildings.
Length: 00:04:24
Title: Historic Joilet Arsenal Bunkers
Length: 00:02:32
Title: Witness Tree
Length: 00:00:16
General
Title: Summer 2018 Aerial Tallgrass
Length: 00:01:14
Title: Summer 2019 Prairie Glacial Plains
Length: 00:00:31
Title: Winter 2020 B-Roll Bald Eagles Broadcast
Length: 00:00:18
Title: Winter 2020 B-Roll Bunkers Broadcast 2
Length: 00:00:53
Title: Winter 2020 B-Roll Eliza Steele Broadcast 1
Length: 00:00:44
Title: Winter 2020 B-Roll Farm Hist Display Broadcast
Length: 00:00:14
Title: Winter 2020 B-Roll Seed Broadcasting Broadcast 2
Length: 00:01:01
Title: Winter 2020 B-Roll Welcome Center Broadcast 2
Length: 00:00:46
Title: Summer 2019 Native Illinois Prairie Plants wildflowers
Length: 00:00:47
Title: Summer 2019 Prairie Farm History
Length: 00:00:28
Title: Summer Turtle Pond
Length: 00:00:35
Title: Summer 2019 Prairie Glacial Plains
Length: 00:00:33
Volunteers, Partners and Youth Conservation Corp
Title: Autumn seed harvest
Length: 00:01:30
Title: Passport in Time volunteers
Length: 00:01:30
Title: Midewin Youth Corp and National Forest Foundation - Robel Pole measuring
Length: 00:00:21
Title: Midewin Youth Corp and Youth Conservation Corp - Brush Cutting
Length: 00:02:28
Title: University of Notre Dame Archeology Explorations - Middle Grant Creek
Length: 00:01:31
Title: Planting Bur and White Oak Trees on Arbor Day 150
Length: 00:01:06
Midewin Webinar Series: Archive
November 2022
November 5: 2022 National Bison Day Webinar
Bison information presented by First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump UNESCO World Heritage site, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, the Forest Preserve District of Will County, and American Prairie National Discovery Center.
June 2022
June 22: Birds of Midewin Part 2 Webinar
Will County Audubon Vice President and Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie volunteer Greg DuBois presented information on the different species of grassland birds that are found at Midewin. Watch the recording on Facebook.
June 8: Birds of Midewin Part 1
May 2022
May 23: "World Turtle Day"
February 2022
February 24: Virtual War Plants to Prairie Plants
USDA FS Archaeologist Joe Wheeler presented a historical overview of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in community partnership with the Plainfield (IL) Public Library District.
February 2: #WorldWetlandsDay and #GroundhogDay Program
Anna Braum, Ecologist with The Wetlands Initiative, provides information about planting prairie plants in wetland areas.
Even in wet soils, you can still do your part to help increase the natural habitat that is imperative for survival of monarchs and pollinators of all kinds. The USDA estimates that pollinators are responsible for one in every three bites of food that we eat.
Plant a container garden on your townhouse patio. Start a community garden at a municipal center in your neighborhood. Do your part to help pollinators. Here's how!
Watch the recording on Facebook (:30 minutes)
December 2021
- “The Christmas Tree Ship Song,” Lee Murdock
- Overview of historical significance of the Rouse Simmons schooner, Chicago’s Christmas Tree Ship, Dylan Hoffman, Chicago Maritime Museum
- Overview of benefits of vegetation management, Justin Burkey, Regional Timber Contracting Officer, USDA Forest Service Eastern Region
November 2021
Nov. 6: North American Bison Expedition, National Bison Day
Forest Preserve District of Will County
- Technical Coordinator: Jen Guest, Recreation Coordinator
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, USDA Forest Service
- Moderator: Veronica Hinke, Public Affairs Officer
- Remote Rangers, looking for bison: Laura Lewis & Jasmine Lyons- Visitor Information Specialists
- Bison & Owls: Cory Anderson, Wildlife Biologist
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Interpretive Center, USDA Forest Service
- Bison Essential to Survival: Dugan Coburn, Director of Indigenous Education, Great Falls Public Schools
- Bison & Art: Ron Ukrainetz, Artist
- Jeffrey LaRock- Supervisory Interpreter; Acting Center Director
First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
- Prehistoric Hand Prints: Clark Carlson-Thompson, Park Manager, First Peoples Buffalo Jump and Tower Rock State Parks
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump World Heritage Site
- Stan Knowlton, Head of Interpretation
- Conrad Little Leaf, Lead Blackfoot Interpreter
- Quinton Crowshoe, Director of Marketing
April 2021
November 2020
November 7: Cross Country Bison Expedition