This past May, I graduated from Beloit College (woohoo!!)
which is located in Beloit, Wisconsin and earned my Bachelor of Science in
Environmental Geology and with minors in Political Science & Biology. As of
now I am living in Chicago and five days a week I commute north to the Lake
Forest Open Lands Association.
The Open Lands Association is a really awesome
independent organization that has restored several plots of land to be native
prairie, wetland, savanna, and woodland ecosystems. My job consists of removing
aggressive, invasive plants that obstruct the diversity of flora within an
ecosystem, several of which are garden escapes including Valerian and Buck-thorn. The organization does its best to use little herbicide and to remove
plants through techniques of hand weeding, mowing, and dead heading. Additionally,
I'm working on an educational pamphlet to educate the public on Bur Oak Blight,
which is a fungus attacking Bur Oak trees due to increased rates of
precipitation (which is caused by anthropogenically induced climate change). I
am having a blast working outdoors amidst the plants and am learning a lot!
In
the photo, you can see I made friends with a snail who's sitting on my thumb.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me at JenniferPantelios@gmail.com!
Cheers!
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