Climate Conversations: Northern Illinois
Lost Valley Visitor Center • Route 31 & Harts Road Ringwood, IL 60071 Organized by McHenry County Conservation DistrictAbout this event
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Description
Climatologist Trent Ford will discuss climate and climate change in northern Illinois, the impacts it causes and solutions for reducing vulnerability to those impacts.Dr. Trent Ford has been the Illinois State Climatologist since 2019. Trent is an expert in climate and climate change and its interactions and impacts, especially as they relate to water. Trent leads climate monitoring and data collection and provision for the state of Illinois. He and his team provide information online, through traditional and social media, and by speaking to interested groups across the state. A native of Roanoke, Illinois, Ford earned a bachelors in geography from Illinois State University before completing his masters and PhD at Texas A&M University. Before joining the Illinois State Water Survey, Ford was an assistant professor in the Department of Geography & Environmental Resources at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
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Age Category
Just for Adults
Location
Lost Valley Savanna Conference Room at Lost Valley Visitor Center
Instructor
Kim Compton