Prairie House Nature Center
Geologic and Hydrologic Report on Wolf Road Prairie by Wheaton College
Conservation Campus Leadership Council
Whole Foods Market Volunteers at Wolf Road Prairie
Field Museum Students Visit Wolf Road Prairie
Ecologists from Congo Visit Wolf Road Prairie
Wetland and Watershed Seminar at Wolf Road Prairie
Professional Development Status Awarded
WFP selected as field site for Critical Trends Assessment Program
University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener Program
Ukrainian Ecologists Visit Wolf Road Prairie
Conservation Campus is Native American historical site
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Professional Development Status Awarded Illinois law, 105 ILCS 5/21-14, requires that certain teachers engage in professional development activities in order to renew their teaching certificate(s). The law also requires that the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and the State Teacher Certification Board (STCB) approve providers of continuing professional development activities. Save the Prairie Society (STPS) applied for Professional Development Status in July 2002, and was approved in the areas of Content Knowledge and Instructional Delivery by the ISBE in August 2002. West 40 Intermediate Service Center #2 has used Wolf Road Prairie as a field trip destination for accreditation programs, and Save the Prairie Society volunteers provide tours for student, teacher, and adult groups at the 80-acre Wolf Road Prairie. 
Students from Lincoln Park Zoo, led by Tom Hintz, learn about native Illinois plants in the educational garden at the Prairie House Nature Center. The Prairie House Nature Center (circa 1852) is an historic building with interpretive and active spaces. Adjacent to the nature center is a Native American garden and greenhouse designed and maintained by Midwest SOARRING Foundation, a Native American organization. STPS can offer content knowledge in the areas of native ecosystems, ecological restoration, biodiversity, historic peoples and cultures of the area, biology and botany of natural areas, nature art, stewardship and student classroom and field experiences at Wolf Road Prairie. Photo by Kristen Rapps return to main page, Save the Prairie Society |