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Into the Wild
Our Guide to the Wild Side
1 Almond Marsh
Lake County, IL
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2 Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve
Porter County, IN
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3 Paddock Woods
Cook County, IL
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4 Weekend Explorer
Dick Young Forest Preserve
Back Into the Wild:
Preserves and wild places we have profiled in other issues, with narratives, trail maps, and directions. For alphabetical list, see pull-down menu at bottom of this page and all profile pages.
Multi-County Trails & Experiences
Christmas Bird Count [Winter 2005]
Grand Illinois Trail (Northern Illinois) [Summer 2003]
Illinois Prairie Path (Kane, DuPage, and Cook Counties) [Fall 2005]
Paddling the Des Plaines River (Lake, Cook, and Will Counties) [Summer 2000]
Old Plank Road Trail (Cook and Will Counties) [Spring 2000]
Cook County, Illinois
Baker's Lake Nature Preserve [Spring 2000]
Bemis Woods (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]
Black Partridge Forest Preserve [Fall 1999]
Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve
Brownell Woods [Spring 2004]
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve [Spring 2001]
Busse Forest Nature Preserve [Spring 1999]
Cap Sauers Holdings [Winter 1998]
Camp Sagawau [Fall 1997]
Camp Sagawau (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]
Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve [Summer 1999]
Deer Grove [Winter 1999]
Deer Grove (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]
Elgin, Ill. Area (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2004]
The Grove National Historic Landmark (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2002]
Harms Woods [Spring 2005]
Hidden Pond Woods & Prairie [Summer 2004]
Indian Boundary Prairies [Summer 1998]
The Magic Hedge [Spring 1998]
Mary Mix McDonald Woods [Summer 1999]
North Branch Trail [Fall 2005]
Palos/Sag/Swallow Cliff Woods (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]
Palos & Sag Valley Trails (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2005]
Paul Douglas Forest Preserve [Summer 2004]
Poplar Creek [Summer 1998]
Powderhorn Marsh & Prairie [Summer 1998]
Thatcher Woods [Spring 2005]
Theodore Stone Preserve [Summer 2003]
Sand Ridge Nature Center (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2003]
Santa Fe Prairie [Summer 2001]
Saulk Trail Woods (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2006]
Somme Prairie Grove [Summer 2005]
Spears Woods Forest Preserve [Fall 2002]
Spring Creek Valley Forest Preserve [Fall 2002]
Wampum Lake Woods Forest Preserve [Winter 2003]
Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve [Spring 2004]
Zanders Woods [Fall 1998]
DuPage County, Illinois
Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve [Summer 2000]
Blackwell Forest Preserve [Winter 2005]
Blackwell Forest Preserve [Fall 1999]
Churchill Woods Forest Preserve [Summer 2003]
Danada Forest Preserve [Winter 1999]
Egermann Woods Forest Preserve [Winter 2003]
Fullersburg Woods [Winter 2001]
Greene Valley Forest Preserve [Fall 1998]
Herrick Lake Forest Preserve [Winter 2000]
Lincoln Marsh Natural Area [Spring 2004]
Lyman Woods Forest Preserve (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2002]
Maple Grove Forest Preserve [Spring 2002]
Meacham Grove Forest Preserve [Fall 2001]
Morton Arboretum (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2004]
Pratt's Wayne Woods [Winter 1998]
Springbrook Prairie [Summer 2001]
Timber Ridge Forest Preserve [Winter 2006]
Waterfall Glen [Fall 1997]
Waterfall Glen [Summer 2005]
Wayne Grove Forest Preserve [Spring 2003]
West Chicago Prairie [Summer 1998]
West DuPage Woods [Winter 2001]
Wood Dale Grove Forest Preserve [Winter 2004]
Grundy County, Illinois
Goose Lake Prairie [Spring 1999]
Kane County, Illinois
Big Rock Forest Preserve [Summer 2003]
Bliss Woods (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2001]
Burnidge Forest Preserve [Winter 2000]
Burnidge Forest Preserve [Winter 2006]
Campton Forest Preserve [Winter 2003]
Campton Hills Park [Winter 2001]
Elgin, Ill. Area (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2004]
Ferson Creek Fen [Summer 1999]
Freeman Kame-Ed Meagher Forest Preserve [Winter 2004]
Helm Woods Forest Preserve [Fall 2002]
Leroy Oakes Forest Preserve [Spring 2002]
Johnson's Mound [Fall 1999]
Nelson Lake Marsh [Fall 1997]
Norris Woods [Spring 1999]
Kendall County, Illinois
Harris Forest Preserve [Winter 2002]
Richard Young & Lyon Forest Preserves [Spring 2003]
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Chiwaukee Prairie [Summer 2002]
Des Plaines River Floodplain [Summer 2004]
Pringle Nature Center [Winter 2002]
Lake County, Illinois
Chain O'Lakes State Park [Fall 1999]
Cressmoor Prairie (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2001]
Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve [Spring 1998]
Des Plaines River Trail [Fall 1997]
Grant Woods Forest Preserve [Winter 2002]
Grassy Lake Forest Preserve (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2004]
Grigsby Prairie [Summer 2000]
Half Day & Wright Woods Forest Preserves [Fall 2000]
Heller Nature Center [Spring 2000]
Heller Nature Center [Winter 2006]
Illinois Beach State Park [Winter 1998]
Illinois Beach State Park, North Unit [Summer 2002]
Lakewood Forest Preserve [Winter 2000]
Liberty Prairie Reserve (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2001]
Lyons Prairie & Marsh [Summer 2002]
Lyons Woods Forest Preserves [Winter 2001]
McDonald Woods Forest Preserve (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2003]
Old School Forest Preserve [Fall 1999]
Prairie Wolf Slough [Winter 2005]
Reed-Turner Woodland [Summer 2005]
Rollins Savanna [Fall 2004]
Ryerson Conservation Area [Spring 2002]
Spring Bluff Nature Preserve [Summer 2000]
Skokie River Nature Preserve [Spring 2005]
Van Patten Woods [Winter 1999]
Volo Bog [Summer 1999]
Lake County, Indiana
Cressmoor Prairie (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2001]
Deep River County Park [Winter 2003]
Gibson Woods Nature Preserve [Spring 2002]
Hoosier Prairie Nature Preserve [Spring 1998]
Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve [Spring 2000]
Heron Rookery, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore [Spring 2001]
Ivanhoe Dune & Swale [Fall 2004]
Miller Woods [Fall 2000]
McHenry County, Illinois
Cary Sands Main Street Prairie [Fall 2000]
Chain O'Lakes State Park [Fall 1999]
Coral Woods Conservation Area [Spring 2003]
Elizabeth Lake Nature Preserve [Spring 1999]
Fel-Pro RRR [Winter 2004]
Glacial Park [Fall 1997]
Glacial Park [Winter 2001]
Glacial Park [Fall 2004]
Lake in the Hills Fen [Fall 1998]
Marengo Ridge (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2002]
Moraine Hills State Park [Winter 1998]
Moraine Hills Trails [Fall 2005]
Nippersink Creek (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2005]
Silver Creek Conservation Area [Fall 2001]
Sterne's Woods and Fen [Fall 2002]
Wingate Prairie [Fall 2001]
Newton County, Illinois
Kankakee Sands (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2005]
Porter County, Indiana
Calumet Trail [Fall 2005]
Cowles Bog [Fall 1998]
Indiana Dunes State Park [Winter 1999]
Indiana Dunes (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2004]
Will County, Illinois
Braidwood Dunes and Savanna [Summer 1999]
Goodenow Grove Forest Preserve [Winter 1999]
Grant Creek Prairie Nature Preserve [Spring 2000]
Hickory Creek [Fall 2000]
Hickory Creek Barrens (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2002]
Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve [Summer 2000]
Lake Renwick Heron Rookery [Spring 1998]
Lockport Prairie [Summer 1998]
McKinley Woods [Summer 2001]
Messenger Woods [Fall 1997]
O'Hara Woods [Spring 2000]
Pilcher Park [Spring 2003]
Raccoon Grove Forest Preserve [Winter 2002]
Rock Run Preserve [Summer 2003]
Thorn Creek Woods [Fall 2000]
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