Homewood-Flossmoor Science Pub

05/24/2026

J Harlen Bretz's Boulderstrewn is back on the market. Please share widely. The owner (Peter Doran) has great interest in keeping in the family of science enthusiasts. Here is am article about the home http://www.sears-homes.com/2022/03/boulderstrewn-sears-verona-with-booby.html and the current listing https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2114-Cedar-Rd_Homewood_IL_60430_M83325-54263

For Sale: View 33 photos for 2114 Cedar Rd, this 4 bed, 2 bath, 2230 sqft. single family home in Homewood, IL listed at $399,900. MLS #12653646

03/13/2026

📅 Thursday, March 19
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve

Ever spotted a muskrat at the Preserve - without mistaking it for a beaver? 🦫

Many people haven’t! From year to year, muskrat numbers can rise and fall, but these often-overlooked animals play an important role in our wetlands.

Muskrats are natural “ecosystem engineers.” By building their lodges, they open up dense vegetation and create habitat that birds and other wildlife can use. To better understand this process, researchers have placed cameras at muskrat lodges to see how these changes affect wetland wildlife.

Join Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve for a fascinating talk on muskrats and their surprising role in bird conservation.

🎤 Speakers:

• Dr. Leo Chan Gaskins, community ecologist, David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow at the University of Chicago, and research partner with Audubon Great Lakes.

• Kayla Lindsay Fisher, Senior Stewardship Associate with Audubon Great Lakes, working on habitat restoration across the Calumet Region of Illinois and Indiana.

02/17/2026

Streaming on Netflix - A rather good docudrama called ‘Lead Children’ about industrial lead poisoning of a community in 1970s Communist Poland.

01/04/2026

Intriguing job opportunity on Pitcairn island 🇵🇳

The removal of invasive predators from island ecosystems delivers major conservation benefits. We are looking for an island restoration scientist to help realise these benefits by joining our ...