It seems that local trees have been in the news a lot this year. And it looks like the trees are often losing to “progress” or “infrastructure.”
Here are just a few of the items I’ve heard about...
The word infrastructure brings to mind roads, power lines, sewers and other built systems that support the human population. But there is also a natural, living infrastructure that is often overlooked: “green infrastructure.”
One...
This early spring brought some pleasant surprises. Chorus frogs were singing in early March. Apple trees were blooming in the fourth week of March. Virginia bluebells started blooming the first week of April. These delights...
The proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge just took one step closer to becoming a reality when the US Fish & Wildlife Service released an assessment that recommends a location, configuration and habitat focus for...
You’ve probably noticed smoke in the air recently. The season for burning natural areas in McHenry County arrived early this year!
Typically the temperature is still too low and the ground is too wet for land managers...
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What follows is an article from ScienceDaily regarding the results of a study that found nature appears to do as good a job as man when it comes to creating new wetlands…
ScienceDaily (Mar. 7, 2012)...