Regular People Editor's Note. By Debra Shore. Nature in the Rough
Green golf courses as good neighbors to wilderness. By Cindy Mehallow. A Catalyst for Change: Audubon International Growing Native: Olympia Fields Country Club Restoring Diversity: Thunderhawk Golf Club Wildlife to Golfers: Can We Play Through?

A coyote lounges on the fairway at Village Links.

Regular People with a passion for wild creatures. Bug Rocker... Birder Detective... Woodwind Bird Medic. By Craig Vetter. Photography by Eric Fogleman.

LOCAL HERO Deb Petro: Celebrating the Burn Queen Neighbors Save an Ancient Prairie By Anna Sachdeva and Dennis Nyberg.

A Deep Prairie Soul. Cindy Crosby's By Willoway Brook: Exploring the Landscape of Prayer. By LeAnn Spencer.

Aphrodite Fritillary: Goddess of Butterflies

Native Bees:
What's the Buzz?

Reconstructed prairies growing taller than original prairies.

Burn Report
Plus: Where to see habitats rejuvenated by fire


Falcon fledglings; beetles vs. caterpillars; salamanders; the spiritual American lotus; prairie sundrops; fox snakes; and fly-catching kingbirds.

Big Rock Forest
Preserve, Churchill Woods, Rock Run Preserve, Theodore Stone Preserve. Plus all the profiles and maps we've published since our premiere issue.

Grand Illinois Trail
Northern Illinois

Busy Flowers: The early morning drama atop a rough blazing star...featuring a crab spider and metallic green native bees. By Stephen Packard.