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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Step Two: Figure Out Your Why - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Step One: Make like a Snake - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Let’s gARTen!</image:title>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - It’s time to think about…Spring!</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jacob’s Ladder https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/jacob_ladder.htm.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A walk of our Green Trails neighborhood provides many opportunities to see these invasive plants, both within and outside of people’s gardens. Honeysuckle (especially Lonicera maackii), burning bush (Euonymus alatus), Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergia) and Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) are among the top contenders, although other invasives also exist.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Calling All Backyard Scientists!</image:title>
      <image:caption>We can also become involved in “citizen science” initiatives within our gardens and neighborhoods. As citizen scientists, we make observations about the pollinators in a specified place for a given amount of time (e.g. the third week of each month, June through September) and report our findings to a shared database. Researchers then use this data to monitor how pollinator populations are doing and to address questions for which we need more information.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - No Mow May - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>"20190629-NRCS-LSC-1806" by USDAgov (marked with CC PDM 1.0).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Spring into Native Plant Sales!</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Potted plants at Native Plant Nursery” by Joshua Tree National Park (CC PDM 1.0).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Breakfast for the Birds</image:title>
      <image:caption>“House Finch and Downy Woodpecker” by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region (CC PDM 1.0).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Hold the Salt</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rock salt for “at home” use.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - If you like fireflies and butterflies</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Fall Leaves- Hanging Out With Bill” by GlacierNPS (CC PDM 1.0).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>An oak tree at The Morton Arboretum</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - The World’s Most Endangered Ecosystem, Right at Home</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Fall on the prairie” by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region (CC PDM 1.0).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - When is a “native planting” not a native planting?</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Pollinator Garden” by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Midwest Region (CC PDM 1.0).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - When in doubt, plan for drought</image:title>
      <image:caption>“Butterflies in Xeric Garden” by greeleygov (CC PDM 1.0).</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - A Haven for Hummingbirds</image:title>
      <image:caption>"Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Cardinal Flower" by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region is marked with CC PDM 1.0.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2022-04-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Nature Writing - Milkweed for Monarchs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Monarch butterfly on swamp milkweed</image:caption>
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