Menard County Trails & Greenways: Ways to Discovery Chautauqua Series 2025

Dr. Jim Herkert will discuss Cornell University's "eBird" App and how local birders can contribute to national conservation efforts. Angela Gillmore Kim will discuss the recent digitization of the Petersburg Observer newspaper and how to use digital archives for research into personal and regional history. Dr. Rob Lowenthal will discuss his process of photographing the Milky Way Galaxy and beyond from his own backyard. After the presentations, Springfield-area trio Wild Columbine will perform popular parlor music from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.