Group has been watching state's resources for 150 years
By Kirby Pringle
Sunday March 30, 2008
Illinois Natural History Survey Archives
Charles Kofoid, front, and Miles Newberry move along the Illinois River in the late 1890s. Kofoid, who conducted extensive studies of the plankton of the Illinois River, was director of the survey's Biological Experiment Station at Havana fr om 1895 to 1900.
From the prairie to the plow, from a rural landscape to an increasingly urban one, the Illinois Natural History Survey has kept close track of the ever-changing natural resources of Illinois for 150 years.
"Illinois has been a state for 190 years. and almost through the entire history of the state we've had biologists working here – which is amazing," says Michael Jeffords, an entomologist who also serves as the public relations and education liaison for the survey.
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