Stems + Stats OUR ECOLOGISTS MONITOR PLANTS TO PROTECT NATIVE SPECIES If you’re traveling a trail in the forest preserves and notice a pair of steel T-posts in the ground separated by some distance, you’ve probably discovered a permanent transect. They’re crucial to our Vegetation Monitoring Program, which tracks what plants are growing where so we can better protect native species.
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