by April Wendling | Sep 13, 2022 | Conserving Nature
By Abby Culloton Hidden among the cornfields of central Illinois, at a location so unknown you need a set of coordinates to find it, lies an ecological paradise. Point Pleasant wetland in Penfield is a rich, diverse ecosystem teeming with wildlife and a hotspot for...
by April Wendling | Sep 13, 2022 | Born to be Wild
By Lauren Brunk Harsh wind nipped at my bare hand as I carefully unfolded the mist nets at Homer Lake, a forest preserve a dozen miles east of the U of I campus. We unfolded a collection of three nets around bird feeders. Tall trees surrounding us hosted a plethora of...
by April Wendling | Sep 13, 2022 | Environment & Health
By Olivia Grubisich Silent and tragic, opioid addiction festers in the American soil. It devastates consistently, but dips in and out of national attention. Most recently, the Hulu original series “Dopesick” described with fresh nuance how the deceptive...
by April Wendling | Sep 13, 2022 | A River Runs Through It, Environmental Justice
By Tori Ruzzier and Sydney Sadler As the clock struck 10 a.m. one day in 1969, weathered shoes shuffled across Green Street in front of the Illini Union. With coffee steam billowing out of their styrofoam cups and ties tied tight, aeronautical engineering student...
by April Wendling | Feb 25, 2022 | Food Systems
By Zara Nyhus Pulling up to Two Mile Creek Farm, I had to smile, because owner Steve Buxton looks just like I expected a lifelong Midwestern farmer to look. He is tall, broad, and thoroughly sun-kissed. He wears thick brown boots, a tattered red hoodie, and blue jean...
