Bill Davison Email & Phone Number

Normal, IL, US

Normal, Illinois, United States

I write about birds, gardening, and nature on my Easy by Nature Substack.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

The Savanna Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin and Urbana, Illinois. We work in collaboration with farmers, scientists, and other stakeholders to develop perennial food and fodder crops within multifunctional systems grounded in ecology and inspired by the savanna biome. Our work aims to lay the groundwork for.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

I work with a diverse network of people and organizations to build regional markets for organic staple crops in the Midwest. I host variety trial programs and breed open-pollinated corn to create varieties suitable for organic farms.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

I coordinated training opportunities for farmers within the coalition and connected farmers with resources at the University of Wisconsin Extension Service. I also assisted with numerous fundraisers and outreach events designed to support farmers and low-income local food consumers.

Congerville, IL

I managed a diverse, 15-acre organic fruit, vegetable, and livestock farm and sold my produce through farmers markets, grocery stores, a cafe, and a Community Supported Agriculture service.

Eureka, IL

I managed Conservancy preserves with prescribed fire, exotic species control, and thinning of overgrown woodlands and savannas. I also worked with neighboring landowners to build a coalition of community members that worked to improve the health of the Mackinaw River Watershed based on the idea that food production and conservation can be mutually.

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

I worked with state and federal biologists to develop and implement a plan to convert thousands of acres of former Department of Defense property into tallgrass prairie. I also led prescribed burns, conducted bird counts and rare plant surveys, and controlled invasive species

Masters Degree, Zoology/Animal Biology

I studied grassland bird nesting success in Conservation Reserve Program fields in central Illinois.

Bachelors, Wildlife Biology

I studied wildlife biology and worked as a researcher studying Lazuli Bunting nesting success in the mountains surrounding Missoula.