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 ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

“As restoration ecologists ... we’re hoping we’re bringing everything along.” Illinois, still known as the “Prairie State,” has lost more than 90% of its original 21 million acres ...

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 ...