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!
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
@@galaxa13 That first visit was in 2012, where has the time gone?! We all got old 😭
@jeffwigle91545 күн бұрын
@@thebrainscoopit's all t time gone the first time I pos that made sense
@Racnenn6 күн бұрын
Very upset that YT didn't tell me you'd come back until today. I missed this channel so much
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
better late than never! hey there 👋🏻
@aaronbegg38275 күн бұрын
Same! Excited to see you, hi Emily!
@beticocr12346 күн 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.
@thebrainscoop6 күн 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.
@Greyhawksci3 күн бұрын
Okay, I know this is a silly detail but... THE TURTLES on Dr. Argyilan's hatband!
@AmyBrueckman3 күн бұрын
I live in Chicago and Indiana Dunes is my favorite place to go when I need to escape the city, especially Miller Woods. The rest of the country has no idea we have this beautiful seaside-looking slice of nature! It isn’t all flat cornfields in the Midwest 😊
@thecheshirecat55647 күн бұрын
I absolutely love the reboot of the brain scoop ❤
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
Strong agree
@psychesempra7 күн бұрын
As a Northwest Indiana native, this is super cool to see! :) Thanks for spending time with our little chunk of beauty.
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
Kicking myself that it took so long to make it over to y'all 😅
@elmono5587 күн бұрын
"The Region"
@ambulocetusnatans6 күн 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.
@jennalewein94807 күн 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.
@thebrainscoop6 күн 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
@flameraven422 күн бұрын
They can pop up in your yard too if you give them the right conditions! We got a ton of native asters that just appeared one year in the yard
@JulianaBlewett5 күн 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.
@Thekidfromcalifornia2.04 күн бұрын
OG Brainscoop/ nerdfightera spoted. so happy to see another video! 10+ years later and I am still watching!
@thebrainscoop4 күн бұрын
I joke a lot that I'm getting old since I've been doing it so long, but it means SO MUCH to me that there are ppl who have stuck around all that time. I feel like we've built something really special together.
@MsKnitsAlot6 күн 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?
@jacobkowalski7425Күн бұрын
Which social media are they active on? I love visiting the Dunes!
@thebrainscoop10 сағат бұрын
@@jacobkowalski7425 they've got a fantastic Instagram! instagram.com/indianadunes/
@adnanilyas63685 күн 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.
@SAmaryllis2 күн бұрын
I've been thinking about visiting the dunes for a while! Thanks for describing just how easy it is to reach from Chicago via the train line, I hadn't realized it was that direct/close
@Steveofthejungle85 күн 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!
@NewMessage7 күн бұрын
I'd be walking without rhythm... just in case.
@ambulocetusnatans6 күн бұрын
Haven't seen you around in a while, Mr Message.
@lisawallace17416 күн бұрын
😂😂
@alveolate6 күн бұрын
the spice must flow
@Sylvicolus6 күн 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.
@OysterOfDoom6 күн бұрын
Colorado resident here. Took decades before I visited our dunes. Insane how much geography, anthropology, etc can change in a relatively short range.
@fredthebarber6 күн бұрын
I love the passion and devotion that these park scientists/rangers have. Such great people doing amazing work. Thank you all.
@klezbot447 күн бұрын
love to see the conversations. you do such a good job interviewing people about the work they do. it's beautiful 💚
@thebrainscoop6 күн 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 😅
@aloofblubird7 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.
@thebrainscoop7 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-ez6xn6 күн бұрын
Warren dunes a bit more southerly are pretty beautiful too.
@MikiMizumiChan66 күн бұрын
Glad to see us OG brain scoop fans getting out there!
@ValueOfJoy3 күн бұрын
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@jeannamcgregor99674 күн бұрын
I once met Lee Botts, the force of nature environmentalist whose vision resulted in the 1966 creation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Her wonderful house in the Dunes (where she fed us corn chowder for lunch) reverted to park upon her death in 2019. She loved that place with all her heart and wanted everyone to experience it. It's nice to see the rangers carrying on that devotion!
@somebeees4 күн бұрын
Wetlands my beloved!!!! I love seeing how folks care for these wild spaces, it’s such important work! Thanks for sharing this video with us!
@josephgruzalski5914 күн бұрын
What an incredibly special place- thank you so much for highlighting this botanical treasure and living laboratory!
@ValueOfJoy3 күн бұрын
The B-roll in this video was stunning.
@waywardmadman4 күн бұрын
I went here last summer and it was absolutely worth it. If you go, I recommend staying in Valparaiso which is a nearby town that has great food and bars.
@michaelgrauvogl6896 күн 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.
@nygreenguy4 күн бұрын
The great lake sand dunes are one of the rarest ecosystems in the world! NY has 18 miles of these dunes. At my uni we used some of the native dune species for the green roof of one of our buildings.
@thebrainscoop4 күн бұрын
That's so cool!!
@OctopusOwl7 күн бұрын
Dune Doctor is a sweet title tbh
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
it gives Dr. Who vibes✨
@Terigena7 күн бұрын
@@thebrainscoopOr "Dune" vibes.
@ObsidianxAlice6 күн 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
@meganl40563 күн бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video on the Indiana Dunes! I haven't been there in a bit, but I spent my childhood camping there, and my dad would take us kids on random trips throughout the year, so we saw the dunes in different seasons. Mt. Baldy was our favorite place to go. I had heard there was another dune next to Mt. Baldy that the Ball Mason Jar company used to make jars. I have jars from that time period and I think of that often. Keep on keeping on Emily! Thank you for being so passionate about science!
@IndianaDunesКүн бұрын
That dune was the Hoosier Slide and stood at 200ft. It's minerals made the blue glass in Ball jars and telegraph insulators. While unfortunate, its destruction spurred more interest in protecting the rest of the dunes!
@ayden6057 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
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
@@ayden605 oh I wanna play that!! A scientifically accurate version would slap though
@ayden6055 күн 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!
@chunkyshrapnel4 күн бұрын
Awesome stuff, love to see it! I had a whole trip planned to visit there in early summer 2020, but then COVID hit and that all got cancelled. Maybe someday I'll get to revive those plans and see the dunes for myself.
@katehill74626 күн 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
@sovsauce7 күн бұрын
so glad you unprivated/trip loaded this! excited for this watch!
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
Just a lil' hiccup 😅 so happy it's out there now!
@clarekrmiller6 күн бұрын
It’s so heartening to see how they were able to restore biodiversity so successfully.
@Greyhawksci3 күн бұрын
You can't just make me cry while questioning my entire bench-to-office biology career and then hard-cut to that outro music.
@bradfordreed61756 күн 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.
@AnotherWriter8156 күн бұрын
Leslie Knope is proud of all of you dope ass women.
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
If I could have dinner with ANYONE ... let it be Leslie Knope
@darcelknowles86655 күн бұрын
My favorite spot in the world! Next show should be on the continental divide which is also close to Chicago. The Valpariso maraine.
@dendroleon7 күн бұрын
the indiana dunes state park nature center has two amaaaaaazing antlion sculptures on display that are not to be missed!
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
YES!! I've got an image of the big wooden one fully burned into my brain forever. So rad
@willmendoza84986 күн бұрын
Awesome! Always glad to see new stuff from the Brain Scoop, and the Dunes are a fond memory from my childhood
@eryginger2465 күн 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.
@krezzybot7 күн 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 ❤
@JonathanBlack6 күн 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. ; _ ;
@thebrainscoop6 күн 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
@gleann_cuilinn7 күн бұрын
I gotta visit next time i go to chicago! and i'll definitely clean my boots thoroughly before walking....
@kdasberg7 күн бұрын
Oh man I grew up around here! Thanks for sharing more about one of my most nostalgic places!
@KerryHallPhD6 күн 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.
@ezraclark79046 күн 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.
@LeighMontano6 күн бұрын
Heck yeah! Part of my job is to help manage mitigations sites up there! We loves our unique little piece of nature!!!
@thebrainscoop6 күн 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!
@kts8900Күн бұрын
Thank you for displaying such unrestrained enthusiasm for this world, and promoting others who do as well!
@wesleygoncalvesdasilva92096 күн бұрын
Emily is baaack 😁😁😁😁
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
💃 HEY 🕺🏼 HEY 👯♀️ HEY 🪩
@wesleygoncalvesdasilva92096 күн бұрын
@@thebrainscoop (👉゚ヮ゚)👉(👉゚ヮ゚)👉 We missed youuu 🥹🥹
@quentinfunderburg99110 минут бұрын
Learning that Emily Graslie uses the same backpack that I use day-to-day while she explores the national park I call home was the boost I needed in my life :)
@karleybioanthro6 күн бұрын
I love the Dunes! As a native NWI and rock hounder. Lol plus you talked to my professor too 😂😂
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
Oh that's so funny! Which one??
@janicebellkaye8602 күн бұрын
So happy to see you back! Great episode....thanks!
@thebrainscoop6 сағат бұрын
Thanks Janice! Hope you have been doing well!
@tauntingeveryone72087 күн бұрын
I love the dunes. I used to bike there whenever I had a free day at college.
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
Oh wow! Can I ask, what was the route you took? I wanna do that 😅
@EileenMeehan-q4g5 күн 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.
@FlamerOHR7 күн бұрын
crazy to imagine that the place almost got destroyed for glass
@IndianaDunes6 күн 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.
@Pottery4Life7 күн бұрын
Excellent episode, Emily. I really like that style of show. Thank you!!
@ScienceIRL6 күн бұрын
I love this so much 😭 magical plants and plant people! And a model for successful habitat restoration -- dreamy!
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
I want to put you and Laura together and just watch magic happen lol
@ScienceIRL6 күн бұрын
@thebrainscoop omg yesss
@IndianaDunes6 күн бұрын
@@ScienceIRL Sounds like a good plan to us!
@ScienceIRL6 күн бұрын
@@IndianaDunes @thebrainscoop let's do it!!
@iwanabana7 күн бұрын
We'd be happy with stories preserving a few species but 1,100 species of plants alone?! That's insane!
@IndianaDunes6 күн 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.
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
... now I'm mad I forgot to include this tidbit in the VO somewhere 😅
@thedragslay14 күн бұрын
Your recent rat taxidermy video inspired me to become a volunteer at the nature museum, and I'm taking a taxidermy class there next week! I've been to the Indiana dunes a few times and learned a lot from this video.
@mysteriousdruid49477 күн бұрын
Always a great time! Thanks for the video!
@abandoninplace27517 күн бұрын
This is also part of the park systems where some types of prairie were rescued and/or reestablished.
@silverharloe6 күн 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?
@thebrainscoop6 күн 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
@pg28266 күн бұрын
I have the same question. Because we have seen this happen in historical cases.
@gracechow26234 күн бұрын
You're back! 😍
@Triairius6 күн 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.
@thebrainscoop6 күн 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"
@Triairius5 күн бұрын
@@thebrainscoop I love that! I think it really works, too!
@brizzelsprout5 күн бұрын
I love that your making videos again!
@Lowkeyhi7 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.
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
Just made me think they should start hosting some competitive sand castle sculpture competitions
@IndianaDunes6 күн бұрын
@@thebrainscoop The state park holds one every summer!
@thebrainscoop5 күн бұрын
😲😲😲 WHERE HAVE I BEEN ?!?!
@flameraven422 күн бұрын
This was a really cool video! I grew up in Northwest Indiana and so the Indiana Dunes were just, The Beach that we went to, we did boy scout hikes around them, we were there all the time. (Personally I prefer them in the spring/fall when it is cooler and there are less people.) But I didn't know much about the conservation efforts. I do remember the cattails being EVERYWHERE when I grew up. I would love to go back and visit - we always went to South Beach so I'm not sure I've been to Miller Park. Although my knees are a lot weaker than they used to be, I don't know if they can handle the sand. D:
@heisallpine3 күн бұрын
i live in this region and the dunes are so beautiful!!!!!! my favorite thing going to the beach is seeing the swallows
@JessieCarty7 күн бұрын
Definitely have to put this on my list the next time in Chicago!
@thequietpart_6 күн бұрын
Holy Cow This Video Is Full Of Heart
@vonlicktenbuttz84176 күн бұрын
The Sandberg quote gave me a lump in my throat
@Astra_the_dragon_uwu7 күн бұрын
I have also been watching since Hank's first video! the renaissance is magical :)
@gannon4015 күн бұрын
Emily, as always, very informative. The two of you opened my eyes to, sand! Great video and landscape. You are amazing!
@mikerinn61876 күн 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
@thebrainscoop6 күн бұрын
Hahaha “Whassup kids and welcome to the first-annual soil bike races!!! Get ready to leave some skid marks!!” I’m dead
@jeffmcdonald1015 күн бұрын
Great video Emily!!
@A_few_words2 күн бұрын
Nice to see people with passion talking and doing their thing. And I mean not only the park teams, but the Brain Soop team too. I am glad you are back. Any dissections on the agenda?
@thebrainscoop6 сағат бұрын
check out the last video we posted; it's a 40min-long rat dissection!
@DrChadd135 күн бұрын
Love the video and reading all the comments from my fellow Region Rats!!
@aosidh6 күн бұрын
Fun!! Public transit to wilderness areas 😻😻😻
@saragooseКүн бұрын
Crazy that there's purple loosestrife in Indiana Dunes - it's massively invasive in marshes here in Vancouver,BC also. I volunteered/worked on removal and remediation efforts all through high school and university (late 1990s)
@LikelyToBeEatenByAGrue5 күн 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.
@mr.b31686 күн бұрын
Makes me sad that I remember your move to Chicago. I moved away recently after being born and raised there. Miss it...
@_andrewvia6 күн бұрын
Emily! It's always good to see you. Thank you for another post full of important information.
@_andrewvia6 күн бұрын
Also, I love your skirt - it has pockets!
@zentouro6 күн бұрын
wow, so cool to learn about this place!
@EayuProuxm5 күн бұрын
7:25 Laura Brennan, aka the most passionate plant person I've ever met Coming from Emily Graslie, that's a big statement.
@UniqueUserName1236 күн бұрын
Another great video!
@ColaKitty95954 күн бұрын
Not me realizing I'm a old school fan when she brought up hanks video with you waaay back when
@NinaDmytraczenko6 күн бұрын
1:11 DUNE DOCTOR?? Excited to find out if she has a doctorate in dunes, if she helps dunes get healthy, or both!
@xliquidflames6 күн 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.
@IndianaDunes6 күн 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.
@amandanf57756 күн бұрын
Such a great episode!! Thank you!
@PaulFlude6 күн бұрын
I discovered native swamp loosestrife this year in my area, but the purple loosestrife is ever present as well.
@jeffstramdless50247 күн бұрын
Glad to see you. Great video.
@NoNameForNone5 күн бұрын
As someone from (original, not new) Zealand this all rings a bell 😅
@thebrainscoop4 күн бұрын
Ok so for the longest time I meant to look up if there was a 'Zealand' since there's 'New Zealand' but oMG THERE IS
@CorinneDemyanovich6 күн бұрын
We’re so lucky to have these dunes close by!
@JH-lz4dh3 күн бұрын
Emily I love your videos!!
@ScamLikely93275 күн 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.
@thebrainscoop4 күн бұрын
I love Kankakee!!
@rickseiden17 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.
@thebrainscoop7 күн бұрын
@@rickseiden1 I do! Well, here and there. He likes my stuff on Instagram sometimes