Editor’s Essay.

By Debra Shore

Nothing inessential lasts through the winter. Meet the survivors.

The emerald ash borer has arrived. What does it mean for our woodlands?

By Arthur Melville Pearson

A California transplant finds her nature connection by looking
beyond an otherwise Hosta landscape.

By M.G. Bertulfo

A new map of Chicago Wilderness.

By Ron Trigg

Botany blends with art.

Photograms By Ken Schaefer

Special Report

Fewer drops to drink? Busting the myth of infinitude.

By Jerry Dennis

Frozen or not, an oak leaf stays crisp all winter long, awaiting next spring's controlled burn.

Photo by Richard Witkiewicz

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