The DNR's Wildlife division is assessing which animals may be positively impacted by the ice storm's forest reset.

Native fruit trees such as persimmon, wild plum, pawpaw and chokecherries can look good and produce nourishment for humans ...

Some cautiously good news comes on the funding front at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, while the staff situation ...

It is just very difficult for new plants to compete with tree roots, especially in the shade. Add organic matter to the planting hole, mulch on top of the roots and keep that soil moist all summer.

It's the Easter holidays, so it's a good chance to spend time with family and friends with a Spring walk that doesn ... home within the landscaped deer park, through the River Avon, with the ...

Next to a speed limit sign. A tree branch doing something I’d never seen before. To the right, I could see a great oak’s school-bus-long branch dip downward — where it had not just touched ...

All In Your Head. Sometimes the idyllic way we picture new waters doesn’t live up to what we experience on them, but the ...

Spring is the time to give your windows a little refresh, so grab some acrylic paint and cover your glass in trendy designs ...

People are ready to put down roots. So here’s a look at eight trees that are — for better or worse — popularly planted in ...

The third tangle of brush to grab and remove the old camo stocking cap from my head was the final sign I needed to abandon all hope in the depths of the shadowy valley, concede my exploratory foray ...