Welcome to the Chicago Area Prairie Peninsula Environmental News. This will be your source for news and events in the 36 county Chicago Wilderness ecological area of northeast Illinois, southeast Wisconsin, northwest Indiana and Berrien County, Michigan.[More]
 Rock River at twilight, Ogle Clounty
Illinois  Starved Rock State Park,
Utica, Illinois  Boerner Botanical Gardens
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Photo by CynLaRog58 | May 20, 2012
US EPA sets limits on power plant greenhouse emissions - National/Regional News
Editorial: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources damages its own reputation - Wisconsin News Continued ice loss on the Great Lakes may cause widespread change in ecosystems - Great Lakes News Pull down lake breakwalls to stop erosion, Michigan officials say - Michigan News EPA Issues Final Rule on Air Emissions Created during Fracking - National/Regional News Kane County has a new forest preserve and DuPage votes for nature preserve protection - Illinois News Pressure is growing for the EPA to ban the pesticide that may be linked to bee Colony Collapse Disorder - National Regional News Cook County FPD wants to borrow money for land, repairs - Illinois News Fish and Wildlife has completed EA on proposed Hackmatack Refuge - National/Regional News May 14 through May 20, 2012
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Fernwood Spring Plant Sale
Niles, MI May 18-20, 2012 Go Native Plant Sale at Lake Forest Open Lands Lake Forest, IL May 19-20, 2012 Evanston Garden Fair Evanston, IL May 19-20, 2012 Sustainable Community Agriculture Workshop Milwaukee, WI May 19-20, 2012 Voyageur Rendezvous Lake County, IN May 19-20, 2012 Chicago Botanic Garden Bloomin' Festival Glencoe, IL May 19-20, 2012 Garfield Farm Rare Breed Show La Fox, IL May 20, 2012 Party on the Farm Warrenville, IL May 20, 2012 Des Plaines River Canoe and Kayak Marathon, Cook County, IL May 20, 2012 Bonner Family Farm Spring Fling Lindenhurst, IL May 20, 2012 The South Shore Clean Cities EV Forum: Leading the Charge to Change |