Chicago Nature Now! Alert July 8, 2016 Bluff Spring Fen, Shoe Factory Road Prairie, Somme Prairie Grove are on the list for great places to visit for the next week. Wolf Road Prairie is also going strong with blooms of white and many large, heart-shaped leaves of prairie dock. View this video of Bluff Spring Fen and July’s many purple wildflowers:   Watch...

Chicago Nature Now! Alert June 30, 2016 Somme Prairie Grove, Bluff Spring Fen, and Shoe Factory Road Prairie are among the best places to visit through the week of the Fourth of July:       Eastern prickly pear cactus is blooming in sandy preserves across the Chicago region. Learn more below. * Photo is representational and was not recorded this year....

REMARKABLE FACTS ABOUT CHICAGO NATURE Fact 1: Chicago is a Natural Paradise! (Experience the Magic of Nature Near Your Home)   Use this photo gallery to take a short tour of Chicago nature and you’ll discover that the title is true: Chicago is a natural paradise!       With over 350 square miles of natural areas within about an hour’s drive...

Chicago Nature Now! Alert June 23, 2016 Right now, Bluff Spring Fen is the place to visit. Watch this video to learn about what you’ll see: Here’s what’s happening in Chicago nature, Right Now!: Bluff Spring Fen in Elgin, Illinois is the best preserve to visit at the moment. It offers flowers like the fragrant pasture rose, foxglove beardtongue,...

Miraculous Spinning Seed of Porcupine Grass   Watch this video to experience the spinning seed of porcupine grass:         In June, you can find porcupine grass and their spear-like seeds at prairies and savannas across the Chicago region, including: Belmont Prairie in Downers Grove, Illinois Bluff Spring Fen in Elgin, Illinois Illinois...