Southwestern Illinois College-Red Bud Campus
Butterfly Festival in Red Bud
Southwestern Illinois College-Red Bud Campus 500 W. South Fourth St., Red Bud, IL, United StatesThe Flutter Farm Butterfly Festival is Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Southwestern Illinois College Red Bud Campus, 500 W. South Fourth Street. Activities at the event will include a monarch butterfly habitat and insect/pollinator information table, the opportunity to build an insect hotel, inflatables for all ages, SWIC Ollie’s Eatery…
Limestone Prairies | KVAS
Southwestern Illinois College-Red Bud Campus 500 W. South Fourth St., Red Bud, IL, United StatesJoin Kaskasvia Valley Audubon Society for a visit with one of Illinois’ most expert botanists. Mr. McClain will introduce us to Limestone prairies, some of which occur in neighboring Monroe County. He will distinguish them from the true glades of the near southeast U.S., based on moisture, degree of slope, and types of plant communities.…
How Geology Impacts Which Plants Grow Where
Southwestern Illinois College-Red Bud Campus 500 W. South Fourth St., Red Bud, IL, United StatesHave you ever wondered, for example, why pine trees are native in far northern Illinois and in the Shawnee National Forest, but not in between? This presentation will describe how geology, together with climate, is a primary factor determining which plants grow in certain locations – and thus habitat distribution patterns. A Kaskaskia Valley Audubon…
Owl Presentation | Clifftop
Southwestern Illinois College-Red Bud Campus 500 W. South Fourth St., Red Bud, IL, United StatesThe Kaskaskia Valley Audubon Society, SWIC Biology Department, and Clifftop present the program "Whoo's Living in My Backyard: A Great-Horned Owl Family from Nesting to Fledging." The free event takes place 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the SWIC-Red Bud auditorium and is open to the public. Local photographer Paul Feldker captured the courtship, mating,…