Chicago Wilderness Magazine Contents

Winter 2001 cover
Winter 2001

Looking in Both Directions
Editor's Note, by Debra Shore

Wiley Neighbor
The local coyote population is burgeoning. Coyotes make folks nervous but help the ecosystem. By Chris Hardman.

Moving "mountains" to help "remeander" a river, Ed Collins leads McHenry County's restoration of the Nippersink Creek area

Born Again River
Bringing the Nippersink back to nature, backhoe-style. By Debra Shore.

Exploring the Nippersink and Glacial Park. The McHenry County nature preserve is profiled in Into the Wild.

Searching for Dr. Vasey
The early botanist's observations of McHenry County before the prairies were plowed point the way to restoration. By Ed Collins.

Nippersink: By the Numbers.
Statistics on the ambitious project.

Reading Pictures: True Progress, by Stephen Packard.

The Herbicide Helper, by Joe Neumann.

Nature victories in November elections; Illinois Rivers 2020; conservation and native landscaping awards; much more.

Nature walks and volunteer stewardship in Kane County; exploring Graue Mill and being a nature detective at Fullersburg Woods; cross-country skiing at Glacial Park; bluebirds and prairie grass at Lyons Woods; hiking among the oaks at West DuPage Woods. Plus maps and links to preserve profiles from previous issues.