The Great Lakes piping plover population, which reached an all-time low of 13 pairs in the 1980s, has rebounded to around 70 breeding pairs thanks to recent conservation efforts.
The Chicago Park District has voted to rename a section of the Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area after Monty and Rose, a beloved pair of piping plovers whose unlikely love story captured the hearts of Chicagoans. The stretch of the lakefront, now dubbed the Monty and Rose Wildlife Habitat, is part of a 3.1-acre expansion of the protected land in Lincoln Park. The Park District’s Board of Commissioners voted on the name Wednesday, which fittingly coincided on Valentine’s Day. Monty and Rose achieved local celebrity status in 2019 when they became the first of their endangered species to raise a […]
PAWS Tinley Park remains closed after a fire in January though pet adoptions are still available through the agency’s website