Come learn about the Big Grove trees!
You may have heard of the Big Grove Tavern in Champaign, but have you ever wondered just what exactly the Big Grove was? Where was it? Who, if anyone, lived there? Are there any surviving trees? Are there public forests in Champaign County where you can see and touch ancient Big Grove trees? Professor Emeritus Stewart Berlocher will answer these questions and show how we can measure the age of a forest and understand ecological history more broadly.
About Stewart Berlocher: He joined the Entomology Department at the U of I Urbana-Champaign as an Assistant Professor in 1976 and retired as Professor Emeritus in 2020. In the intervening 44 years, he taught a wide variety of classes in entomology, genetics, evolution, and ecology. A special treat was teaching in the Biology Honors program, which conducts intensive fieldwork in both a surviving Big Grove remnant and diverse locations in Southern Illinois.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Middle School Students | High School Students | Adults |
Conveniently located at the corner of Race and Green in downtown Urbana.
