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Two green fruits rest on a blue and white checkered cloth. One of the fruits is sliced open with its black seeds removed and lying next to the fruit. The flesh of the fruit is yellow-ish.

The Pawpaw Patch

November 2, 2026 by Kathy Andrews Wright

Land | Forest | Plants | Recipe

A view of a prescribed burn at a woodland. Slow creeping fire consumes leaf litter. Smoke fills the understory forest.

Good Fire and Great Trees: How prescribed burning keeps our forested habitats healthy

November 2, 2026 by Christopher Evans

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement

A sidewalk lined with lush grasses and blue flowers overlooking a river. A horizon line filled with trees against a bright blue clear sky is in the distance. Overlapping the image in the upper right corner is a gray map of Illinois with the counties outlined in black. A white star indicates the Madison county in the west central part of the Illinois map.

A Prairie Above the River

November 2, 2026 by Jolena Pang

Land | Education | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Places to Visit

A prairie grassland filled with yellow, white, and purple flowers. Trees form a horizon line against a partly cloudy blue sky. Overlapping the image in the upper right corner is a gray map of Illinois with the counties outlined in black. A white star indicates the counties Lee and Ogle in the central north part of the Illinois map.

Celebrating 40 Years of Stewardship at TNC’s Nachusa Grasslands Preserve

November 2, 2026 by Elizabeth Bach

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Places to Visit | Prairie or Grassland

Beautiful yellow daisy-like prairie flowers surround a field of solar panels. A bright blue sky is overhead.

Solar Installation Can Provide Meaningful Habitat

August 3, 2026 by Kathy Andrews Wright

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement

A large tree stands in a grassland in early spring. A bright partly cloudy sky is overhead. In the distance are bluffs covered in woodlands.

Beneath the Boughs of a Witness Tree

August 3, 2026 by S.D. Shah, John Nelson

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Plants

A flat mostly dry wetland covered in lily pads fills a landscape scene. Trees fill a shoreline in the distance and create a horizon line. Overhead is a crystal clear bright blue sky. A gray map of the state of Illinois with the counties outlined in black overlaps the image in the top right corner. A white star highlights Tazewell County in middle, top of central Illinois.

Spring Lake Fish and Wildlife Area Undergoing Major Rehabilitation and Road Improvement Project

August 3, 2026 by Blake Bushman, Thad Cook

Land | Fishing | Habitat Management or Enhancement

An individual wearing a yellow flame resistant jacket stands on a hill where a prescribed burn was recently conducted overlooking a brushy valley. In the distance the fire is burning amongst the brush along a country road. An agricultural field is in the background with a horizon line of trees against a bright blue partly cloudy sky.

Putting Fire on the Ground in Illinois

August 3, 2026 by Gilbert Randolph, Shel Wilks

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Prairie or Grassland | Wildlife Pick

A prairie fills a large acreage with many purple and yellow flowers interspersed throughout. In the background are a few groupings of trees along the border of the prairie and a green cornfield beyond. Overhead is a bright blue partly cloudy sky.

Boring to Bountiful

August 3, 2026 by Mallory Shaw

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Natural Heritage Pick

A partly cloudy sky is above a grassland with a line of trees on the horizon line. Overlaying the landscape to the top right is a gray map of Illinois with the counties outlined in black. A white star in the north east corner indicates Will county.

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Turns 30

August 3, 2026 by Michael Kamp

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement

Oak leaves from an oak canopy above are silhouetted against a bright blue sky.

Red Oaks vs. White Oaks: What’s the difference?

August 3, 2026 by Christopher Evans

Land | Plants

A close up of yellow daisy-like prairie flowers. In the background is green vegetation.

Silphiums: Giants of the prairie add copious yellow bouquets in summer

August 3, 2026 by Sheryl DeVore

Land | Plants

A close-up of spring flowers growing on the forest floor.

Tracking Nature’s Seasonal Changes

May 1, 2026 by Carla Rich Montez

Land | Wildlife

A close-up of a bumble bee as it approaches white flowers.

Nature’s Seasonal Events: May-July

May 1, 2026 by Carla Rich Montez

Land | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Insects | Reptiles | Wildlife | Wildlife Pick

A wetland is surrounded by cattails and green lush wetland plants next to a roadway with a car travelling to the left. Overhead is a bright partly cloudy sky.

Where Conservation Meets Production: The benefits of agricultural constructed wetlands

May 1, 2026 by Rachel Curry

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Wetland

A cane thicket is on the edge of a woodland. Overhead is a bright blue sky. Overlaying the photo in the top right is a gray map of Illinois with the counties outlined in black lines. Three small white stars are at the bottom of Illinois, and one star is located on the right side and up a third of the state.

Exploring the Canebrake

May 1, 2026 by Patty Gillespie

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Plants

A close-up of the forest floor with small white spring flowers interspersed cane shoots and leaf litter.

Canebrakes—Vegetative Obstacle or Botanical Catalyst

May 1, 2026 by Patty Gillespie

Land | Plants

Various waterfowl species foraging on a wetland.

Wetland Restoration Initiative is Restoring Shallow Wetlands as Stopover Habitats

May 1, 2026 by Jason Bleich

Land | Habitat Management or Enhancement | Partnership | Wetland

A photo of three researchers sampling a stream section in a cave. Two individuals work in the stream with a net, and the other individual is standing on the shoreline recording data.

From Spelunker To Speleologist

May 1, 2026 by Patty Gillespie

Land | Cave | Endangered and Threatened Species | Invertebrates | Natural Area

A rural landscape with a barn in the background and fencerows lined with green leafy trees. In the foreground are agricultural fields with young green seedlings underneath a developing rainy sky.

A Good Rain

May 1, 2026 by Robert J. Reber

Land | Agriculture | Climate Change