That doesn’t mean we need rainforests in Illinois.” Prairie restoration work can be tedious, like collecting more than a thousand pounds of seeds by hand every year to regrow hundreds of ...

In Illinois, more than 99 percent of the prairie has vanished, replaced primarily by row-crop agriculture. Starting in the late 20th century, restoration efforts targeting these lost prairie ...

a restoration ecologist for Openlands, a nonprofit conservation organization. “They don’t belong there.” Illinois is nicknamed the Prairie State, but less than 1% of its original prairie ...

“Prairie restoration efforts will help keep these ... Hollow plot will one day be an open space – for the people of Illinois to explore. It also could be a home for many different critters ...

Reestablishing Illinois Prairie Land: Ongoing Tallgrass Prairie Restoration at Charlotte Codo Prairie (Joliet): This project will fund the transformation of 17 acres of agricultural land into a ...

LOCKPORT, IL —After 40,000 hours of work over six years, the Forest Preserve District of Will County has finished a major ecosystem restoration project at Prairie Bluff Preserve and Lockport ...

City officials Tuesday questioned the value of a project to establish a natural vegetative buffer along Spring Creek in areas of J.B. Hunt Park.

Illinois politicians are responding after it was revealed that a Jewish couple’s alleged killer is a man with political connections in Chicago.

On Monday, players and future pioneers tested their skills in "The first 100 yards" with help from the U.S. Army. A potential candidate to fill Senator Dick Durbin's seat takes her name out of ...

The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe's leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later. A law signed by Gov.