‘Field Trips for Grown Ups’

Joey McLaughlin talks with Dr. Michael Wiant  about “Field Trips for Grown Ups,” which is a nature series about area forests and the Illinois River Valley/Dickson Mounds. The program is designed to provide a unique educational fall series of short field trips in our own backyard. The season starts on September 7 & 8 and continues on Sept. 14 & 15 and on October 5-6. Dates for the Starhill Forest tour are Sept. 7, 14 and Oct. 5. Dates for the Emiquon and Illinois River Valley tours are Sept. 8, Sept. 15 and Oct 6.

For ticket information, please contact the RiverBank Lodge in Petersburg at 217.632.0202 or visit the tourism website at www.VisitMenardCounty.com.