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Join the Brookfield Conservation Commission and Brookfield Native Plants Club to celebrate Oaktoberfest! Registration is encouraged, walk ins welcome.
Learn about the importance of oak trees as a keystone species, and one of the world’s rarest and most endangered ecosystems: the oak savanna. Enjoy guest speakers and an oak sapling giveaway.
Presenters:
Trinity Pierce, Chicago Region Trees Initiative, "Grow Your Community Advocacy: Tree and Shrub Resources and Ways to Get Involved"
Wyatt Widmer, Brookfield Conservation Commission, Brookfield Native Plants Club, Wyatt E. Coyote Ecological Services, "Oaks: A Keystone Species"
Bridget Jakubiak, Brookfield Conservation Commission, "The History of Brookfield’s Oak Savanna"
Barb Cassidy, The Conservation Foundation, "Forest Therapy in the Brookfield Oak Savanna"
The Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library is located at the intersection of Grand and Park Avenue. It has 5 Study Rooms, 3 Meeting Rooms, an Editing Studio, and a Maker Studio.