Videos & Virtual Meetings
Many of our videos are linked below. Visit our YouTube channel to view more.
On our YouTube Channel, select the Playlists tab. Here you can click on “Videos of Interest” to view other videos by many valued resources, including: Openlands Chicago, Vital Lands Illinois and Kettle Moraine Land Trust, and the National Wildlife Refuge Association.
View the 2024 Wildlife Refuge Awards, where Friends of Hackmatack were given the Molly Krival Award for Friends Group of 2024.
Program Highlights:
Sally Jewell, Former Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and Lynn Scarlett, Former Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary of the Department of the Interior, shared their valuable insights on conservation and the importance of the National Wildlife Refuge System in an inspiring conversation starting at minute 9:01.
Martha Williams, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service starting at minute 39:22.
Cynthia Martinez, Chief of the National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service starting at minute 52:10.
Friends of Hackmatack NWR receives 2024 Molly Krival Award – Refuge Friends Group of the Year starting at minute 1.16:22.
Listen to Steve Byers and Vince Mosca on the radio, hosted in part by Kailyn Palomares:
View our annual gathering, celebrating our 10-year anniversary:
November 9, 2021
Virtual Annual Meeting
How we use long-term monitoring to save the most endangered critters
Friends of Hackmatack welcomed Laura Barghusen, aquatic biologist at Openlands, the Shedd Aquarium’s research biologist Kentaro Inoue, and Wildlife ecologist Cindi Jablonski as they discussed McHenry County Conservation District’s efforts to conserve freshwater mussels.
October 14, 2020
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge Presentation
October 14, 2020Nancy Williamson & Steve Byers recently gave a presentation about Hackmatyack for the Fox River Ecosystem Partnership (FREP). View the presentation.
Friends of Hackmatack NWR
P.O. Box 413
Richmond, IL 60071
friendsofhackmatacknwr@gmail.com
Call 262-448-3558 to listen for the latest updates on upcoming activities. If you need to reach us, please leave a message and we will return your call.
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