Wow, it blew my mind when you said you've lived in Chicago for over ten years. I remember back when you worked at the Montana museum and gave Hank Green a tour. Then he helped set you up with your own channel and then you moved out to Chicago. Man, how does time fly. Edit: And then you inserted a clip from those very early days!
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
@@galaxa13 That first visit was in 2012, where has the time gone?! We all got old 😭
@jeffwigle915419 сағат бұрын
@@thebrainscoopit's all t time gone the first time I pos that made sense
@RacnennКүн бұрын
Very upset that YT didn't tell me you'd come back until today. I missed this channel so much
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
better late than never! hey there 👋🏻
@aaronbegg382721 сағат бұрын
Same! Excited to see you, hi Emily!
@beticocr1234Күн бұрын
I really appreciate the quality of the subtitles in this video. Thanks for putting the effort of moving them away from text and graphics and according to the speaker.
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
Thank you, I’m glad you like them! We partner with a professional Captioning & Described Audio service www.DCMP.org who provide all of our captions & DA! We’ve worked together for years and I really appreciate what they do for us.
@psychesempra2 күн бұрын
As a Northwest Indiana native, this is super cool to see! :) Thanks for spending time with our little chunk of beauty.
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
Kicking myself that it took so long to make it over to y'all 😅
@elmono558Күн бұрын
"The Region"
@ambulocetusnatansКүн бұрын
Ypu should visit in the winter, it's so beautiful. The lake forms icebergs and mini-glaciers, while the wind blows horizontal icicles from the trees and dead grass carves graceful arcs in the snow, like the wings of snow-angels.
@fredthebarberКүн бұрын
I love the passion and devotion that these park scientists/rangers have. Such great people doing amazing work. Thank you all.
@thecheshirecat55642 күн бұрын
I absolutely love the reboot of the brain scoop ❤
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
Strong agree
@MsKnitsAlotКүн бұрын
I just moved to NW IN and I’ve already been to the dunes a few times! They actually just posted today on their social media that they are looking for volunteers this Saturday to help remove the invasive cattails. I’m thinking about going, any other Brain Scoop fans going to be there?
@aloofblubird2 күн бұрын
It’s cool to see how similar the Indiana dunes are to my local Saugatuck dunes! I remember going on a field trip and identifying a bunch of native and non-native plants for a systemic botany course in college.
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
@@aloofblubird That’s cool!! I think my favorite thing I learned in this video is how the plants and ecosystems change as you go deeper into the dunes from the shore. Like idk why I’m so excited by that but I AM
@mm-ez6xnКүн бұрын
Warren dunes a bit more southerly are pretty beautiful too.
@jennalewein9480Күн бұрын
It’s wonderful to know that all the those native plants weren’t totally gone, they were just waiting to be given a chance to grow again.
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
RIGHT?! 😭 We didn't include it in this video, but they do collect seeds from native plants and propagate / reintroduce them. They literally put pantyhose over the dried flower buds to catch seeds lmaooo
@klezbot442 күн бұрын
love to see the conversations. you do such a good job interviewing people about the work they do. it's beautiful 💚
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
It's really a privilege to be invited in to share people's work. It means a lot when they take time out of their day and let us follow them around with a crew all while asking personal questions 😅
@NewMessage2 күн бұрын
I'd be walking without rhythm... just in case.
@ambulocetusnatansКүн бұрын
Haven't seen you around in a while, Mr Message.
@lisawallace1741Күн бұрын
😂😂
@alveolateКүн бұрын
the spice must flow
@OysterOfDoomКүн бұрын
Colorado resident here. Took decades before I visited our dunes. Insane how much geography, anthropology, etc can change in a relatively short range.
@ayden6052 күн бұрын
amazing!!!! theres a really cute game i love on steam called kamaeru where you help start a frog sanctuary and restore wetlands, although interestingly in the game you're planting cattails to restore the wetlands lol
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
@@ayden605 oh I wanna play that!! A scientifically accurate version would slap though
@ayden6058 сағат бұрын
@@thebrainscoop it totally would! I highly recommend it (maybe you could even stream playing it? I would love to see that personally) you can breed the frogs to get rare types too :) looking forward to the next video!
@sovsauce2 күн бұрын
so glad you unprivated/trip loaded this! excited for this watch!
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
Just a lil' hiccup 😅 so happy it's out there now!
@kdasberg2 күн бұрын
Oh man I grew up around here! Thanks for sharing more about one of my most nostalgic places!
@ezraclark7904Күн бұрын
My friend Karter just moved to Chicago to do ecology stuff with fish (most of what I have heard is about talking to hobby fishermen). He's the expert, not me, but this stuff is neat.
@krezzybotКүн бұрын
I'd gone to the Dunes National Lakeshore as a kid as our beach for years and never really thought of it as a "park" like I did the forest preserves we also went to growing up. Next time I go, I'll have to make sure to check out the trails, too! Great video ❤
@karleybioanthroКүн бұрын
I love the Dunes! As a native NWI and rock hounder. Lol plus you talked to my professor too 😂😂
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
Oh that's so funny! Which one??
@OctopusOwl2 күн бұрын
Dune Doctor is a sweet title tbh
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
it gives Dr. Who vibes✨
@TerigenaКүн бұрын
@@thebrainscoopOr "Dune" vibes.
@willmendoza8498Күн бұрын
Awesome! Always glad to see new stuff from the Brain Scoop, and the Dunes are a fond memory from my childhood
@bradfordreed6175Күн бұрын
Thank you, Emily. Keep going. You'll only get glimpses of how much joy and enthusiasm you've brought to the world. I would love to listen to you geek out with the EV Nautilus crowd; you could do each other (and the rest of us) a lot of good. May you continue to find fun and enrichment in what you do.
@michaelgrauvogl689Күн бұрын
This video is once again a high light. Great story and pictures. I like that the care of nature is combined with likeable, cheerful people/personalities. I enjoyed that.
@gleann_cuilinn2 күн бұрын
I gotta visit next time i go to chicago! and i'll definitely clean my boots thoroughly before walking....
@dendroleon2 күн бұрын
the indiana dunes state park nature center has two amaaaaaazing antlion sculptures on display that are not to be missed!
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
YES!! I've got an image of the big wooden one fully burned into my brain forever. So rad
@clarekrmillerКүн бұрын
It’s so heartening to see how they were able to restore biodiversity so successfully.
@Pottery4Life2 күн бұрын
Excellent episode, Emily. I really like that style of show. Thank you!!
@EileenMeehan-q4g10 сағат бұрын
Plant blindness was a new phrase for me. But it rang true with what I believe about introducing little children to the natural world: if you teach a child the name of a plant or animal it becomes theirs to reference forever. Tell the kids the names! Label everything around them from birth. You never know when they will take it in and own it.
@LeighMontanoКүн бұрын
Heck yeah! Part of my job is to help manage mitigations sites up there! We loves our unique little piece of nature!!!
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
Oh that's so cool! I loved learning more about all of the work that goes into that sort of thing. Truly a team effort!
@Steveofthejungle820 сағат бұрын
Amazing video about a truly unique corner of my home state! Indiana gets hated on for a lot of reasons, including its "boring" landscape and nature, but thank you for highlighting how unique and diverse of a place the Indiana Dunes are!
@JulianaBlewett3 сағат бұрын
I've lived in LaPorte county my entire life and we love it here. The weather is pretty good most of the time and we don't have to worry about hurricanes or floods generally. Plus we are an hour from Chicago. We are 3 hours from Indianapolis. We are 6 hours from St. Louis and 6 hours from Cincinnati. It's a great place to live.
@katehill7462Күн бұрын
I wish I knew Laura in real life, what a wonderful, smart, inspiring woman! Her quote brought tears to my eyes. I live in Wisconsin and have never even heard of this park! I'll be visiting it soon!! Thanks Emily
@AnotherWriter815Күн бұрын
Leslie Knope is proud of all of you dope ass women.
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
If I could have dinner with ANYONE ... let it be Leslie Knope
@SylvicolusКүн бұрын
Thanks Emily for a great visit to the Indiana Dunes. It is also home to more than 600 species of wild mushrooms and macrofungi, with collections going back 130 years. People were using the South Shore Line trains to get to the dunes from Chicago before there were cars.
@tauntingeveryone72082 күн бұрын
I love the dunes. I used to bike there whenever I had a free day at college.
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
Oh wow! Can I ask, what was the route you took? I wanna do that 😅
@ScienceIRLКүн бұрын
I love this so much 😭 magical plants and plant people! And a model for successful habitat restoration -- dreamy!
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
I want to put you and Laura together and just watch magic happen lol
@ScienceIRLКүн бұрын
@thebrainscoop omg yesss
@IndianaDunesКүн бұрын
@@ScienceIRL Sounds like a good plan to us!
@ScienceIRLКүн бұрын
@@IndianaDunes @thebrainscoop let's do it!!
@ObsidianxAlice22 сағат бұрын
A couple of years ago my partner and I stumbled across the Indiana Dunes on a roadtrip we did camping across the US. As someone not from the area, it was wild to find that environment, and was really beautiful. We did a sunrise hike across from our campsite to the shore, and it was absolutely breathtaking. Both in aesthetics and in breathing. Climbing those dunes is no joke, the sand really wants you to fail haha
@abandoninplace2751Күн бұрын
This is also part of the park systems where some types of prairie were rescued and/or reestablished.
@brizzelsprout10 сағат бұрын
I love that your making videos again!
@MikiMizumiChan6Күн бұрын
Glad to see us OG brain scoop fans getting out there!
@mysteriousdruid49472 күн бұрын
Always a great time! Thanks for the video!
@wesleygoncalvesdasilva9209Күн бұрын
Emily is baaack 😁😁😁😁
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
💃 HEY 🕺🏼 HEY 👯♀️ HEY 🪩
@wesleygoncalvesdasilva9209Күн бұрын
@@thebrainscoop (👉゚ヮ゚)👉(👉゚ヮ゚)👉 We missed youuu 🥹🥹
@JessieCartyКүн бұрын
Definitely have to put this on my list the next time in Chicago!
@Lowkeyhi2 күн бұрын
I have been there dozens of times. It's one of my favorite places to camp. I really like digging holes and the sand there is the best for it and building sand castles too.
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
Just made me think they should start hosting some competitive sand castle sculpture competitions
@IndianaDunesКүн бұрын
@@thebrainscoop The state park holds one every summer!
@thebrainscoop6 сағат бұрын
😲😲😲 WHERE HAVE I BEEN ?!?!
@silverharloeКүн бұрын
I have a dumb question: if that purple plant isn't native to the area, then it seems like the beetle that specifically targets it wouldn't be native. Do they have a plan for keeping the beetle from becoming an invasive species? Sure, it might die off if it kills all the purple plants, but it might just adapt to also enjoying a native plant, maybe?
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
Not a dumb question at all! I looked it up, and the beetle was initially introduced in 1992 as part of a 5-15 year study. But surely those researchers didn't expect all the beetles would report back to the lab after that time 😝 Seems like they did testing of ~50 plant species in Europe before they were brought over to test that sort of thing. web.archive.org/web/20120402004204/www.biocontrol.entomology.cornell.edu/weedfeed/Galerucella.html
@pg2826Күн бұрын
I have the same question. Because we have seen this happen in historical cases.
@eryginger2469 сағат бұрын
I'm from here! This video is so cool and I learned so much about this place where I grew up and still live.
@KerryHallPhDКүн бұрын
Lovely! I've visited those dunes a few times, but not that woods. I'll check that out the next time I'm up there. Really cool place.
@adnanilyas6368Сағат бұрын
The Indiana Dunes is low-key such an awesome area. In just a two-hour hike, you can pass through like 5 different biomes and see really very different plants and animals all along the way, at least if you are looking closely.
@Astra_the_dragon_uwu2 күн бұрын
I have also been watching since Hank's first video! the renaissance is magical :)
@darcelknowles866512 сағат бұрын
My favorite spot in the world! Next show should be on the continental divide which is also close to Chicago. The Valpariso maraine.
@gannon40111 сағат бұрын
Emily, as always, very informative. The two of you opened my eyes to, sand! Great video and landscape. You are amazing!
@mr.b3168Күн бұрын
Makes me sad that I remember your move to Chicago. I moved away recently after being born and raised there. Miss it...
@thequietpart_Күн бұрын
Holy Cow This Video Is Full Of Heart
@mikerinn6187Күн бұрын
Excellent video. I had no idea about these dunes. Soil vs Dirt; I ride a dirt bike and it’d be a tough sell for us to call them a soil bike. Cheers
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
Hahaha “Whassup kids and welcome to the first-annual soil bike races!!! Get ready to leave some skid marks!!” I’m dead
@vonlicktenbuttz8417Күн бұрын
The Sandberg quote gave me a lump in my throat
@JonathanBlackКүн бұрын
I would have loved to have worked outdoors in the park service when I was younger, but I'm severely allergic to poison ivy. ; _ ;
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
Ok, so PSA: I should NOT have worn that skort b/c I knew I'd need to wear the same outfit for both filming days. Both times, when I got home I scrubbed w/ dish soap and thought I did a good job -- but a week later I was in Washington, D.C. to give a talk at the National Institutes of Health and all I packed was a knee-length dress and I had the WORST poison ivy rash of my life. So while I was touring the NIH I had this oozing rash on my shin that I tried to ignore all day 😭 I had to go on steroids b/c I almost got infected DON'T DO WHAT I DID
@iwanabana2 күн бұрын
We'd be happy with stories preserving a few species but 1,100 species of plants alone?! That's insane!
@IndianaDunesКүн бұрын
We may not have giant sequoias, waterfalls, or geothermal springs, but we have the biodiversity angle covered! As of the last Bioblitz count, we had only five fewer species than Yosemite.
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
... now I'm mad I forgot to include this tidbit in the VO somewhere 😅
@amandanf5775Күн бұрын
Such a great episode!! Thank you!
@LikelyToBeEatenByAGrue9 сағат бұрын
I love dunes landscapes. We have a few of them here in Wisconsin on the West shore of lake Michigan. I go whenever I can, but I'll have to check it the Indy dunes too.
@jeffmcdonald10116 сағат бұрын
Great video Emily!!
@ScamLikely93273 сағат бұрын
Come to Kankakee. The state park is beautiful and so are the Indian Caves. It used to be the nature getaway for people in Chicago way back in the day. It’s still one of the only towns in Illinois I’ve ever been to that feels surrounded by nature. Granted I’m biased.
@_andrewviaКүн бұрын
Emily! It's always good to see you. Thank you for another post full of important information.
@_andrewviaКүн бұрын
Also, I love your skirt - it has pockets!
@jordang74792 күн бұрын
I live across the bay from San Francisco, golden gate park used to be a giant sand dune. I always though it sounded cooler than the park. I like golden gate park but just wish built it somewhere else so we could have both.
@zentouroКүн бұрын
wow, so cool to learn about this place!
@jeffstramdless50242 күн бұрын
Glad to see you. Great video.
@aosidhКүн бұрын
Fun!! Public transit to wilderness areas 😻😻😻
@PaulFludeКүн бұрын
I discovered native swamp loosestrife this year in my area, but the purple loosestrife is ever present as well.
@NinaDmytraczenkoКүн бұрын
1:11 DUNE DOCTOR?? Excited to find out if she has a doctorate in dunes, if she helps dunes get healthy, or both!
@xliquidflamesКүн бұрын
3:51 Does she have _turtles_ on her hat band? That is awesome. Also, I was going to make a joke about living the dream and becoming a national park ranger hoping you get to be in somewhere awesome like Yosemite or the Grand Canyon and they send you to ...here. ...to a beach. But then she said she went to school for this kind of stuff and now that joke doesn't seem so funny. She actually is living the dream. That's awesome. I guess it's hard for a Floridian like me to get excited about dunes and a beach.
@IndianaDunesКүн бұрын
She worked at a local university and was brought over to the dark side as a park ranger! The park is *so* incredibly lucky to have her.
@rickseiden12 күн бұрын
I've been watching since before Emily went to Chicago, myself. Not quite OG, but close. I wonder if Emily stays in touch with Hank.
@thebrainscoop2 күн бұрын
@@rickseiden1 I do! Well, here and there. He likes my stuff on Instagram sometimes
@NoNameForNone3 сағат бұрын
As someone from (original, not new) Zealand this all rings a bell 😅
@UniqueUserName12322 сағат бұрын
Another great video!
@FlamerOHR2 күн бұрын
crazy to imagine that the place almost got destroyed for glass
@IndianaDunesКүн бұрын
We lost the biggest dune to glass. Thankfully, so many individuals and groups fought to protect both the state park and national park land here before it was all lost.
@dgblitwin5 сағат бұрын
What's the chance we get this for other underappreciated landscapes around the country? The sandhills in Nebraska? Konza prairie in Kansas?
@TriairiusКүн бұрын
You do such a good job of finding great, passionate people and letting them shine. I loved everyone in this, and I think that's something special.
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
I had a lot of help with this one! My criteria for appearing on the show is: "do you wanna be on it? Like, REALLY want to help get people pumped about your work?? great you're hired"
@Triairius20 сағат бұрын
@@thebrainscoop I love that! I think it really works, too!
@CorinneDemyanovichКүн бұрын
We’re so lucky to have these dunes close by!
@itsgreenandblue1033Күн бұрын
i never had any idea that the dunes were a thing!!
@floydriebe4755Күн бұрын
so, those are some large dunes! amazing what glacial climates can create. here in NW Montana, Flathead valley, we have some good sized dunes, also....created as the glaciers receded but still drew most of the moisture, making desert-like conditions downstream from the ice. out-wash plain, basically. said out-wash was full of the ground up rock, sand, which settled out of the run-off.....wind did the rest. pretty cool what ole Ma Nature can do. anyhoo, very interesting....the fact that the dunes are so close to Chicago is cool.....city folk need readily accessible natural landscapes to wander thru.....i'd go crazy if i couldn't walk thru the woods whenever i wanted. so, my dear Emily, whatcha got up your sleeve for the next one? whatever, i'm sure it will be very interesting. til then, i'm so happy to have you back on Brain Scoop😊 "it still has brains on it!"😅
@emaglott21 сағат бұрын
What a great video!
@Anti-AntiAintIКүн бұрын
Bad luck at the dunes. Every time I go, I lose something. From Pokemon cards to iPod Nanos. Just bad luck.
@kennethtaylor3147Күн бұрын
The dunes are my favorite. Thank you for filming this. I hate dunes pavilion owned by Luke oil. They sell styrofoam coolers right on the beach
@crains80872 күн бұрын
So interesting to learn the connection between the dunes and ecology.
@isacami25Күн бұрын
that place is so cool!! i love it when grass grows on sand.
@DanielSolisКүн бұрын
Has it really been ten years?? 😮
@thebrainscoopКүн бұрын
The first Brain Scoop video was published in 2012 💀
@jordanhamann91233 сағат бұрын
13:25 it's a pity that the majority of the dunes were destroyed before any preservation actions were taken.
@agargamer6759Күн бұрын
I got chills from that quote too!
@marlymarlmarlКүн бұрын
Great video!
@pg2826Күн бұрын
I noticed that there were a lot of women working at this park which is not typical. I am happy to see those passionate experts.
@DrChadd1321 сағат бұрын
Love the video and reading all the comments from my fellow Region Rats!!
@Maj72 күн бұрын
Emily is a true original.
@EayuProuxm18 сағат бұрын
7:25 Laura Brennan, aka the most passionate plant person I've ever met Coming from Emily Graslie, that's a big statement.
@AveryShazz2 күн бұрын
Love you Emily!
@LăngKínhĐộngVật-vietnamese2 күн бұрын
Đó là một trong những địa điểm cắm trại yêu thích của tôi. Tôi rất thích đào hố, và cát ở đó là tuyệt vời nhất để làm điều đó và cả xây lâu đài cát nữa
@sethlogeeКүн бұрын
Does Erin like the movie Dune 😂
@ItsMeToryD2 күн бұрын
Dunes, dunes, dunes!!
@curiousfirelyКүн бұрын
Duunneesss!!! ❤✈️🎮
@awesome0733Күн бұрын
DUNES DUNES DUNES DUNES DUNES DUNES DUNES DUNES
@GilgwathirКүн бұрын
Dune science? Where are the stillsuites and ornithopters? Wait... wrong dune.
@TheGreenLing22 сағат бұрын
Poor patrons got less than a second at the end of a 18 minute video
@thebrainscoop7 сағат бұрын
d'oh 🤦🏼♀️ I was so focused on including all the names I didn't realize I'd been pausing it every time I reviewed it!! I'll change this for next time