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Spring 2000

 

Spring 2000

Editor's Note: No Little Plan, by Debra Shore.

The Chicago Wilderness Plan
A great future for nature and people: that's the plan of 98 regional organizations that form the consortium called Chicago Wilderness. Here are key recommendations of the plan, and how you can help.

A Green Vision for Chicago
Chicago Wilderness interviews Richard M. Daley, Mayor. "We need to soften the cities. Neighborhoods need nature...The big national parks are wonderful...But how about what's in your back yard?"

Nature Chicago: An ambitious program of the Chicago Department of Environment and Chicago Park District will enhance the city's natural environment and quality of life.

Birds and the Habitat:
What works for local avians

by Sheryl De Vore
Restore the right kinds of plants, water, and wet/dry cycles, and birds will come.

Bird Monitoring Pays Off
State-endangered Henslow's sparrows discovered in Palatine
 

DEPARTMENTS

Into the Wild
Six nature preserves for you to explore in the Chicago area: Where to bike for 20 miles, meander with kids, marvel at ancient oaks.

Natural Eventsthis season's highlights

Meet Your Neighbors

Letters to the Editor
For and against a dead deer photo. No sacred cows. Inspiration from teachers and flowering shinleaf.

Guest Essay
Plan McMahon: Insights of a steward, by Joe Neumann.

News from the Wild — news and events.

Reading Pictures: Destruction or resurrection? by Steve Packard.

Family Quiz Game

Parting Shot — Puppet show at Wolf Road Prairie.

Photo: Back-Track

Habitat machines: Our species has great power. Now there's a plan to use it wisely.


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