This is the site I use to find COVID testing centers in Chicago, share with your loved ones and friends. freecovidtestingsite.com

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We wonder how this is affecting plant phenology in these areas! Submit an observation on a plant near you to help us find out!

Over 1000 EcoFlora observations were made last year. The most observations were made on common milkweed, A. syrica, with a whopping 196! Do we think we can break 200 in 2022? Visit budburst.org/chicago-ecoflo… to learn more about Budburst EcoFlora. #ChicagoEcoFlora

Chicagoans: email the Mayor and your Alderperson to demand a safe re-entry into Chicago school buildings. act.newmode.net/action/safecps…

Join us for our second round of #WOCinEEB mentor matching! Last year we paired ~180 women/enby of color. Hook up with this supportive EEB network!

NEW! Don't be bored, try one of our 50 new & FREE online classes being offered starting today for Chicago students. No registration required. Check out arts & crafts, bingo, games, fitness, storytime & more. View the full list of classes at bit.ly/Chicago-parks-… #ChiParksAtHome

Okay big announcement and self-promo time! This Saturday (01/15) Allison and I are launching The We Out Here Podcast: stories of science and nature by Black, brown, and Indigenous folks. Here's a little taste of what we got goin on🤘

Spread the word & RT! We are hosting a virtual career panel Feb 8 with an amazing group of federal, non-profit, & academic female soil scientists!! Use this link to register! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Pancakes, Chiberian-style. Thursday in Chicago. #weather #news #ilwx #chicago #pancakeice #winter

A few branches of this sand pine, Pinus clausa, in Georgia have ripe cones! Once seeds are ripe, cones open and drop their seed. Discover the seasonal changes in plants near you by making a Budburst observation at budburst.org #PhenologyFriday

Not trying to make anyone feel self-conscious about their non-Chicago city but…we woke up like this. 💁🏾‍♂️

Feel the plant love in our February newsletter. Read about our growing community, the first EcoQuest of 2022, how to observe for our seasonal challenge Cherry Blossom Blitz and more: conta.cc/3rNhqUV

More than 99% of prairies in IL have been destroyed. Bell Bowl Prairie, one of the lucky few to survive, is to be turned into a road. A road which could be redesigned to simply not pave over the prairie. Thousands of years of history to be needlessly converted into concrete.

We hope your Valentine's Day is full of plant love! The Budburst team is all about sharing plant love and you can read and submit your plant love to plantlovestories.com Plant Love Stories. You can read a plant love story by one of our team members: plantlovestories.com/post/grandma-k…

Tell your friends to pull up. 📢#DenyThePermit #StopGeneralIron Hunger Strike

We won! The city has denied the permit! #StopGeneralIron #DenyThePermit

Weekend Rewind. Sunset over Lake Chiberia. #chicago #winter

And it’s Monty! 😍 It was completely awesome to see Monty of Chicago’s famed couple, Monty & Rose, at the Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary in Texas! Each year Monty travels there - over 1100 miles from Montrose Beach, Chicago! Rose goes to Anclote Key, Florida. (1)

Take part in our Cherry Blossom Blitz! All you need to do is submit a phenology observation on a cherry tree. Data collected annually can be compared across years, revealing trends to project peak bloom dates in the future. Learn more at budburst.org/cherry-blossom…