by April Wendling | Oct 17, 2024 | Conserving Nature
By Julianna Gerdes In December 2022, I embarked on my longest road trip to date. Eager to escape the frigid air of Chicago to the warmth of Tampa Bay, my family and I covered 1,200 miles in 17 hours. Though we were determined to make it down south without having to...
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 | Feb 22, 2022 | Conserving Nature, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest, Living World
By Erinn Dady One gorgeous spring day in April 2021, I shed the constraints of the pandemic and visited the Atherton Island Natural Area, a stunning wild place about 20 miles north of Terre Haute, Indiana. The occasion was a wildflower hike organized by the Ouabache...
by April Wendling | Oct 1, 2021 | Conserving Nature, Suburban Warfare
By Miranda Johnson No piece of artwork can rival the beautiful simplicity of brilliant, sun-kissed green leaves against a pale blue sky. Especially in the neatly manicured, uninspired suburbs of the Midwest, elements of well-placed nature make the view out your window...
by Tony Mancuso | Jan 10, 2020 | Conserving Nature, Illinois Research, Living World
By Vivienne Henning Among the dense shrubbery in a patch of prairieland in central Illinois, a sing-song warbling echoes out from the grass. Partially hidden by the branches of a bush, a bird called the Bell’s vireo energetically chatters its little song. The Bell’s...
by Tony Mancuso | Dec 9, 2019 | A River Runs Through It, Conserving Nature, Joseph Travel Funding, The Human Footprint
By Jenna Kurtzweil The day dawned cool and overcast in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico, its fingers crossed for the late-blooming monsoon. But the serenity of the scene did not extend to me and my traveling companion Taylor Jennings. While the...
