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Hopkins and Rotary Park in DeKalb will soon have some of their turf grass replaced with native plants for local pollinators.The Kishwaukee Water…
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A group of 16 Illinois organizations and agencies have teamed up to help the monarch butterfly survive.
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The first "Monarch Blitz" is over. 300 people in the U.S. participated by counting eggs, caterpillars, chrysalides, and butterflies. The citizen…
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The Illinois Department of Transportation is revising its mowing routes along state highways this spring and summer to only 15 feet beyond the edge of the…
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Milkweed could become the Illinois state wildflower under legislation pending in the General Assembly. Vanessa Tyler is a Girl Scout who attends Pleasant…
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Monarch butterflies have started their long, three-generation migration north. Last year, a late-winter storm reduced their numbers drastically. It could…
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Butterfly observers in Illinois are seeing a phenomenon this year that is playing out nationally: As the monarch starts its near-3,000-mile winter…
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A Senate Democrat is proposing a special Illinois license plate to help preserve the monarch butterfly.The plan by state Sen. Melinda Bush of Grayslake is…