The Natural History

Exploration Guild

Tours

- Northeastern Minnesota & the Mesabi Iron Range

- Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota

- Wisconsin's Baraboo Hills & Driftless Area

- Coral Woods Preserve, Illinois

- Starved Rock & Matthiessen State Parks, Illinois

- Shawnee National Forest & Environs, Southern Illinois

- Nachusa Grasslands Preserve, Illinois

- Marengo Ridge Preserve, Illinois

- Illinois Beach State Park, Illinois

- Downtown Chicago, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Hyde Park District of Chicago, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Volo Bog State Natural Area, Illinois

- Kettle Moraine & Door Peninsula, Wisconsin

- The Fox River of Illinois (natural-history canoe trip)

- The Illinois and Michigan Canal (natural-history canoe trip)

- Nippersink Creek, Illinois (natural-history canoe trip)

- Orchid Growers of the Chicago Region

- Kenosha Sand Dunes Preserve, Wisconsin

- Oakwood Hills Fen, Illinois

- Legally Permitted Fossil Collecting in the Mazon Creek Region, Illinois

- Legally Permitted Fossil Collecting in La Salle County, Illinois

- Oswego, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Geneva, Illinois (architectural geology)

- St. Charles, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Naperville, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Highland Park, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Lake Forest, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Racine, Wisconsin (architectural geology)

- Kenosha, Wisconsin (architectural geology)

- Lockport, Illinois (architectural geology)

- Lower Des Plaines River Valley, Illinois

Ray's Tours in 2004-9 Have Included

Over 1000 Participants & These Venues:

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Ray Wiggers has the following talks slated for 2010. Please visit his personal website's Tours page for more information.

- Saturday 15 May 2010, 9:00 a.m. Geology of the Mississippi River Valley and Illinois Bluff in the Alton, Illinois Area. A half-day public tour hosted by the Nature Institute, 2213 S. Levis Lane, Godfrey, IL. For more information, contact the Nature Institute at (618) 467-2521. NOTE: This tour is part of a two-day series that also includes my lecture Glaciers to Wildflowers: How Illinois' Living Landscapes Came to Be at 7:00 p.m. on Friday 14 May. See my Lectures Page for details on the 5/14 component.

- Wednesday 13 October 2010, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Geology and Natural History of Starved Rock State Park, Illinois. A full-day public tour hosted by the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Senior Center, 100 E. Old Mill Road, Lake Forest, IL. For more information, contact the Senior Center (847) 810-4676.