Marna leads East On Central nature walk

June 9, 2012, walking with Marna Coleman through Heller Nature Center,  East On Central writers, and artist group finding inspiration in nature.

Just Released! A photographic essay celebrating 22 years of ecological restoration at Highland Park's Heller Nature Center

Fire and Ice for a Local Planet by Steve Greenberg | Please Check Out the Attached Book Preview.

Chicago River Day, 2011

Today is Chicago River Day; Volunteers at Sleepy Hollow Woods in Highland Park worked hard pulling garlic mustard (Alliaria officinalis), an invasive species that is very damaging to the woodland ecosystem.

First Snow of the Year

It was a long summer, fall was colorful and then we were slammed with the our first snow of the year.

Chicago River Day, 2010

May 8, 2010 is Chicago River Day. Volunteers are meeting at site through out the Chicago River watershed.



Visit Friends of the Chicago River to volunteer.

Winter is long gone, just a distant memory now. Everyone is getting ready to volunteer on May 8th, Chicago River Day, to clean out trash and cut invasive brush.

Air Station Prairie, Glenview, IL

Breathtaking and majestic, the Jerusalem Artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus, is prominent today at Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center, Air Station Prairie, Glenview, IL.

This location, once within the former Glenview Navel Air Station is a remnant of the tall grasslands and prairie that once stretched westward from the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan.

The on-site interpretive center, complete with a roof top prairie garden is the focal point for the volunteers and many visitors to the preserve.

Albert Einstein is Quoted at Evelyn Pease Tyner Interpretive Center

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."

Albert Einstein