The Great Spray Debate
West Nile Virus will return this summer. Will spraying chemicals actually make our problem worse? By Arthur Melville Pearson.

Gypsy Moths to Be Sprayed Again

Spring Song at The Grove
In this 1938 essay, a classic naturalist celebrates the choir of wildlife at his famous home in Glenview. By Donald Culross Peattie.

Let There Be Light!
Clearing invasive species from the
oak woods.

Touching a Bird's Life
The fast-beating heart of a first-time bird bander, and the faster heart of the bird in her hand. By Sheryl DeVore.
Trilliums: Great Whites and Bloody Noses

Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners: Digging Their Fox River Peninsula

Rich vein of spring migrants; skunks dance with death

Spring flowers, ant-eating flickers, herons in Bubbly Creek, mating calls of gray treefrogs, moth-eating mice

Coral Woods Conservation Area, Pilcher Park, Richard Young & Lyon Forest Preserves, Wayne Grove Forest Preserve. Plus maps and links to preserve profiles from previous issues.

Sand Ridge
Nature Center
Cook County, Illinois

Specialists: Cope's gray treefrogs perform astonishing acrobatics; other examples. By Stephen Packard.