FREE| 1:00PM - 2:00PM | Presenter: Stephanie Beilke

Organization: Audubon Great Lakes

Meeting Location: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2nd floor

No Registration Required

In an effort to safeguard migratory birds in the Illinois Coastal region, Audubon Great Lakes launched the new Illinois Coastal Stopover Tool that will help to identify areas with high quality habitats for migratory landbirds, threats they face, and opportunities for restoration within the Illinois Coastal Region. Additionally, Audubon provides migratory habitat management recommendations to support the dedicated land managers working to improve habitat and support migratory bird conservation in the region. The tool includes maps, priority locations, priority species and management resources and recommendations for land managers at the landscape-scale, local-scale, and for specific habitat types including woodland, grassland and shrubland within the Illinois Coastal Region.

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Stephanie Beilke is the Senior Manager of Conservation Science at Audubon Great Lakes. Witnessing a diverse migratory flock of warblers visit the yard of her childhood home in Green Bay inspired her to become a passionate birder and conservationist. Since joining Audubon in 2017, Stephanie has followed her passion by leading marsh bird monitoring projects to inform coastal wetland restoration across the Great Lakes states, while engaging community scientists and Audubon chapters. In her free time, Stephanie can be found birding the rich natural areas of the Chicago region. Stephanie has a B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and an M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.