Ecological Restoration
By engaging in ecological restoration, Loyola is working to educate the wider Loyola community, and the campus's neighbors about the importance of developing a relationship with our natural surroundings. Loyola offers ecological courses and internships based at the campus, and holds monthly volunteer Restoration Work Days open to all Loyolans and the public.
Restoration at LUREC focuses on two sensitive ecological areas on the Retreat and Ecology Campus property: a wetland basin on the east end of the property and a surrounding oak woodland. The following efforts are underway to restore these areas:
Through these efforts, Loyola will promote the biodiversity of native organisms and control invasive species, so that these areas may help sustain the broader natural ecosystems of McHenry County and of the newly established Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge.
By engaging in ecological restoration, Loyola is working to educate the wider Loyola community, and the campus's neighbors about the importance of developing a relationship with our natural surroundings. Loyola offers ecological courses and internships based at the campus, and holds monthly volunteer Restoration Work Days open to all Loyolans and the public.
Restoration at LUREC focuses on two sensitive ecological areas on the Retreat and Ecology Campus property: a wetland basin on the east end of the property and a surrounding oak woodland. The following efforts are underway to restore these areas: