Creating the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, an 11,200-acre sanctuary spanning from northern Illinois to southern Wisconsin, took a modest financial investment for future generations, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said as he stood on the refuge’s latest acquisition last week.
Related posts
-
Legislation regarding impact fees for schools on hold after clearing General Assembly
Legislation clarifying municipal officials’ ability to impose fees to help schools pay for construction necessitated by... -
‘This is a real cliff’: Cuts loom as Illinois lawmakers can’t agree on transit reform, revenue
Transit agencies face doomsday. Will lawmakers rescue trains and buses before 40% service cuts hit? Commuters... -
‘While we still have time’: DuPage County ecologists working to save endangered dragonfly
Ecologists with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County are working to preserve the endangered Hine’s...