Spring 1999 cover

Spring 1999

 

 

 

Spring 1999
[TEXT ARCHIVE WEB-PUBLISHED MARCH 2002.
ORIGINAL PRINT PUBLICATION DATE: SPRING 1999.]

Seeing, Learning, Loving
Editor's Note, by Debra Shore

Adventures in the Rhizosphere:
Life Underground

Visit a hidden, lively, action-packed world — go underground with us. By Alex Blumberg.

Missing Mushrooms

Rediscovering Nature Through the Eyes of a Baby. A guest essay by Emerson Howell Nagel.

Digging Dirt
Down and dirty activities courtesy of the cool folks at The Field Museum.

An Evening with Garlic Mustard
By Joe Neumann.

Meet your neighbors

Western Chorus Frog: Audible but seldom seen.

Skunk Cabbage: Methusalehs of the plant world.

Katie Sosin: Grass Roots Girl.

 

 

News of the Wild
Good news for Woodland birds, green development, disappearing dams, and more

Into the WildOur guide to the best areas of the region — what to do and see, when to go, where to hike, bike, canoe, ride horses, watch birds, even find solitude.

Natural Events
Here's what's debuting on nature's stage in the Chicago Wilderness.

Reading Pictures: Spring Bloom By Stephen Packard.