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Spring 2005 Cover

Print cover, Spring 2005: Sand puccoon and lupine under the black oaks at Illinois Beach State Park.

Photo by Doug Sherman.

Spring 2005

Evening the Odds.
Editor’s Note, by Debra Shore.

Rare Plants Rise Up!

Rare Plants Rise Up. In a world of hostile invaders and shrinking territories, hundreds of rare plant species are making a stand. Their strongest allies are crouching in a prairie near you. By Sheryl De Vore.

Of Cats & Birds. Millions of birds are migrating through Chicago Wilderness this spring. Don’t tell your cat. By Craig Vetter.

Natural Pest Control

Natural Pest Control. How to maintain a beautiful yard that’s healthy for you, your family, and nature. By Allison Knab.

Peregrines in the Big City. The peregrine falcon is on its way to recovery. But success in Chicago didn’t come without some ruffled feathers. By Katherine Millett.

Memories of 104th Avenue. A volunteer explores her own past and a hopeful future on the prairie. By Dorothy Turay Petraitis.


Meet Your Neighbors

Soldiers of the Prairie.

Preachers of the Woods.

  Spring Soldier Beetle

Peregrine

Departments

News of the Wild

Letters
Foxophilia; Deer Deliberations

Natural Events
Crappie dads; southern two-lined salamander; ingenious green herons; flashy American redstarts; grackle hygiene; spiderwort, the early riser.

Into the Wild Harms Woods; Skokie River Nature Preserve; Thatcher Woods. Plus all the profiles and maps we’ve published since our first issue.

Canoe
  Paddling Our Waterways

Reading Pictures
Life and Death among the Black Oaks. By Stephen Packard; Photo by Mike MacDonald.


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