Chicago Wilderness Magazine Contents

Print cover,
Summer 2004:
Trail 9 into the Beach House Blowout, sunset, Indiana Dunes State Park. Camping in the park's campgrounds allowed photographer Jason Lindsey and friend Jeff Mikulina (pictured) to spend a weekend exploring the Dunes' varied topography. Photo by Jason Lindsey.

Editor's Note, by Debra Shore.



Birds on a Cool Green Roof. Three years after Chicago installed a heat-reducing, water-absorbing green roof on City Hall, some promising birds and bugs are dropping in. By Katherine Millett.

Groundswell for Groundwater. Protecting land around Stateville Prison may save the critical seeps of Lockport Prairie. By Jill Riddell.

Restoring the Butterfly Tapestry. Many rare butterflies could thrive again in restored habitats. They just need help finding them. By Doug Taron.

Giving a Dam for Wild Rivers. Every river in Chicago Wilderness is dammed. Now scientists are asking whether it's time to break them free. By Robert Heuer.

Fun in the Field from the Man on the Street. A new book, Hunting for Frogs on Elston, brings back the warm humor of the late naturalist Jerry Sullivan.



		Bobby Garro Sutton: Drawing Connections to Nature
Pied-billed Grebe: Diver in Laughing Waters

Prairie Lily: Sign of the Fine (below)



*Thismia americana:* A Mystery That Still Haunts — and Helps — the Calumet Region

Crows; print magazine format; contributions from Friends of Chicago Wilderness Magazine.

Frequent Fire Miles.

Black rat snakes; brown thrashers; queen of the prairie; American coots; cottontail rabbits; baby newts.

Des Plaines River Floodplain; Hidden Pond Woods & Prairie; Paul Douglas Forest Preserve. Plus all the profiles and maps we've published since our first issue.

		Camping in Chicago Wilderness
The Indiana Dunes

Mist Opportunites: Early morning is a great time to experience wild nature. By Stephen Packard; Photo by Mike MacDonald.