The recent announcement of a dramatic decline in this year’s population of overwintering monarchs has increased interest in knowing more about the challenges the butterfly faces during migration a.
Thirty-year Sierra Club member Connie Schmidt’s introduction to environmental advocacy began in her back yard and she’s kept it that way.
When Schmidt found out about the impending constructio.
The second week of hearings for the proposed West Chicago waste transfer station wrapped up with opposition experts questioning the location and bringing up zoning conflicts in the surrounding area.
Illinois state insect since 1975, the renowned North American monarch butterfly, has been classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
A 2020 report from the Sierra Club identifies multiple ways to improve water quality in DuPage rivers, such as banning phosphorus-containing fertilizers and limiting toxic sealants used to coat blacktop driveways and parking lots.