Route 53 Tollway Still a Possible Threat to Preserve

Butterfly Restoration Project Launches with Big Grant from BP

Goose Lake Prairie Adds Hundreds of New Acres

Chicago Wilderness Welcomes Eight New Members

Chicago's Montrose Point Gets Enhancements for Migratory Birds and Rare Native Plants

Lake County Forest Preserves Cooperate with Highland Park to Acquire 133 Acres

Wetland Restoration At Argonne National Lab

Rare Plants Newly Appear in DuPage County

Clean Air Counts: How to Reduce Ozone in Your Household

Re-Wilding The Des Plaines River

Grassland Restoration Will Benefit Ground-Nesting Birds

Van Vlissingen Prairie Saved

"Lights Out" Program in Chicago Saves Birds

Chicago Army Corps of Engineers Raises Clean Water Standards

Illinois Growth Task Force Issues Recommendations

Calumet Area Feels Winds Of Change

April is Earth Month
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The Eastern Regional Forester recently awarded a Regional Honor Award to the U.S. Forest Service team that recruited, organized, and deployed the new Midewin Hotshots national wildland firefighting crew. Jeff Martina, assistant fire management officer for Midewin, was among the nine Forest Service employees honored at the ceremony.

The Midewin Hotshots are one of 12 elite new national firefighting crews established to implement the goals of the National Fire Plan, and the first such crew in the Midwest.

The National Fire Plan, published in August 2001, is a 10-year comprehensive approach to the management of wildland fire, hazardous fuels, and ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation. It focuses on federal and adjacent state, tribal, and private forest and range lands.