Winter 2002

Winter in the Wilderness

Spears Woods near Lemont — in the stark purity of winter.

–Photo:Mike MacDonald

There is something in both huskies and people that thrills to the challenge of cold.
–Photo: Jim Nachel

	Well-fed white-tailed deer easily withstand the rigors of winter — as they have for millennia.
	–Photo: Jim Nachel Root Resources

Steaming cauldron is syrup in the making (below left). Maple sugar was a favorite food of the Potawatomi.
–Photo: Jim Nachel
Ice sculpture by freeze and thaw and changing water levels. Nature as physics (above right).
–Photo:Mike MacDonald

	Horse team and hay rack at DuPage County's Kline Creek Farm. Winter necessities for settlers are recreation for us.
	–Photo: Jim Nachel