CONTENTS

Signs of Hope

Editor’s Note.

By Debra Shore

Revealing Chicago

A photographer takes to the skies to see the land.

By Stephen Packard

Power & Plants

With more than 40,000 acres of land in the Chicago region, utility companies are seizing the opportunity for stewardship.

By Debra Shore

Touring the Winged Gardens

This year’s Illinois Audubon Butterfly Garden Tour promises fragrant summer flowers, enthusiastic gardener hosts — and a future for our region’s butterflies.

By Lori Rotenberk

Turtles Trek for Life

In a landscape of roads and hungry raccoons, how do we save a turtle bent on travel?

By Don Parker and Lauren Murrow

Black Magic

The myths and realities of the mysterious black squirrel.

By Nancy Shepherdson