Celebrating Cicadas: An Evening Search at Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area

Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 7-9:30 p.m.

Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area & Welcome Center
21950 N. Riverwoods Road
Riverwoods, IL 60015
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Celebrating Cicadas: An Evening Search at Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area

Join the search for emerging 17-year cicadas. Dr. Gene Kritsky, retired Biology Professor from Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, will be there to answer your cicada questions and to help you search for cicadas in their various stages of development.

Please follow the signs to the Loop Road Parking Lot.

For more information, call 847.968.3320 [email protected]

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