Archives Into the Wild

 

Fall 1998 cover

 

 

  


[TEXT ARCHIVE WEB-PUBLISHED MARCH 2002.
ORIGINAL PRINT PUBLICATION DATE: FALL 1998.]

Keeping The Home Fires Burning
Editor's Note, by Debra Shore

Fire As A Friend
The archaeology and future of fire. By Alex Blumberg.


 What About Bambi? Animals also depend on fire and regular burn management to survive in the wilderness.
The History of Fire

Thinking Like A Seed
How a Swiss fellow invented velcro — and other seed surprises. By Robyn Flakne.

First Metropolis of the Future
A guest essay by Jane Elder.

 Timeline: Chicago Wilderness

Working the Wilderness: Prairie Burn
Observe a prescribed burn at Markham prairie, waterpark and all. By Joe Neumann.

Meet your neighbors

Broad-winged Hawk: Ride the autumn thermals

Joan Meersman: Collector of Seeds

Prairie Gentian: Blue blossom medicine

 

  

News of the Wild
An urban oasis re-opens, Mike the Monarch, Feds "prescribe" fire, new members, and more.

Into the WildOur guide to the best areas of the region — what to do and see, when to go, where to hike, bike, canoe, ride horses, watch birds, even find solitude.

Natural Events
Here's what's debuting on nature's stage in the Chicago Wilderness.

Reading Pictures: Bittersweet. By Stephen Packard.