You may have heard that billions of periodical cicadas are about to emerge from the ground, make their way into trees, mate and produce nymphs that will do the same 17 years from now.
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As gardeners get antsy to start planting, a Lake Zurich-based conservation group is offering a “buckthorn bounty” to homeowners who clear their landscapes of the tenacious invader.
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The main event is a few months away, but ecologists, educators and others in northern Illinois are busy preparing for their own big game of sorts the pending emergence of billions of 17-year perio.