Chicago Nature Now! Alert July 24, 2016   Here’s what’s happening in Chicago nature, Right Now!: I posted an alert on July 22. This report is the same, but I’ve added Kickapoo Prairie (see below). Spears Woods tops this week’s list for its impressive show of prairie blazing star in its prairies. These purple flowers also share the stage...

Chicago Nature Now! Alert July 22, 2016   Here’s what’s happening in Chicago nature, Right Now!: Spears Woods tops this week’s list for its impressive show of prairie blazing star in its prairies. These purple flowers also share the stage with rattlesnake master, wild quinine, mountain mint, and more. Click here for the location of the...

Chicago Nature Now! Alert July 15, 2016   Here’s what’s happening in Chicago nature, Right Now!: Somme Prairie Grove and Bluff Spring Fen, again, top the list for the best preserves to visit. I really like the many different flowers species blooming all at once at these sites. At both preserves, you’ll experience grand displays of purple...

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...