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- Ed Brill, "Hey LCFPD, Take a Hint from Openlands," Highland Park Patch, September 14, 2011.
- John Cody, "New Nature Preserve Overlooks Lake On North Shore," WBBM 780 Newsradio, September 9, 2011.
- Deanna Isaacs, "Claiming the high ground: A patch of rare terrain, part of a former military base, opens to the public," Chicago Reader, September 8, 2011.
- "Openlands Lakeshore Preserve offers wealth of plant diversity," Daily Herald, September 8, 2011.
- Paul Klein, "The Opening of Chicago's Fall Art Season," Art Letter, September 8, 2011.
- Madeline Nusser, "Openlands Lakeshore Preserve: Former army land gets a green makeover," TimeOut Chicago, September 7, 2011.
- Beth Kramer, "Openlands Lakeshore Preserve opens to the public Saturday," Lake County News-Sun, September 5, 2011.
- Charles Berman, "New lakeshore preserve to open to open in Fort Sheridan," Highland Park News, September 4, 2011.
- "Openlands President and CEO Jerry Adelmann previews the opening of the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve," Mike Nowak Show, September 4, 2011.
- "Openlands Lakeshore Preserve Opens with Celebration," Natural Awakenings, September 2011.
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- Derrick Young, "Garden Builds Community in Englewood," CBS 2 Chicago, August 25, 2011.
- Barbara Brotman, "Take a hike—and a hilly one at that," Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2011.
- Leah Hope, "Water Reclamation District board backs Chicago River cleanup," ABC 7 Chicago, June 7, 2011.
- Kari Lydersen, "MWRD Votes to Disinfect Chicago River Sewage," Chicago News Cooperative, June 7, 2011.
- Henry Henderson, "Giving Chicago the River It Deserves: Big Vote on Disinfection," Huffingpost Chicago, June 7, 2011.
- Kathy Andrews, "A Rare Opportunity," Outdoor Illinois, June 2011.
- Joyce Russell, "Kayakers paddle region's newest trail," Northwest Indiana Times, June 4, 2011.
- Todd Shields, "Oak Park residents adopt oak trees," Oak Leaves, May 27, 2011.
- Marty Stempniak, "Propagating Oak Park's historic oaks," Wednesday Journal of Oak Park & River Forest, May 25, 2011.
- Patrick Boylan, "Area politicos call for river to be swimmable," Welles Park Bulldog News, May 22, 2011.
- Scott Dye, "Chicago's Proposed Backyard Wildlife Refuge," Sierra Club Activist Network, May 18, 2011.
- Mike Fourcher, "Ald. Tunney Negotiating to Create New School St. Park," Roscoe View Journal, May 5, 2011.
- Ed Brill, "Nonprofit Turns Army Road Into Beach Access Point," Highland Park Patch, April 27, 2011.
- Judy Hevrdejs, "The arborista," Chicago Tribune, April 21, 2011.
- Christopher Weber, "School gardens serve a vital purpose," Christian Science Monitor, April 5, 2011.
- Kari Lydersen, "2011 National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation: Spring Creek Greenway Master Plan," Planning, April 2011.
- "A Gardener's Editorial on Garden Show Season," From This Dirt Forward Blog, March 22, 2011.
- Kristofor Husted & Michelle M. Schaefer, "Where the wild things are: Chicago's backyard national refuge," Medill Reports Chicago, March 15, 2011.
- "MWRD at pivotal point," Chicago Tribune, March 15, 2011.
- Bob Secter & Kristen Mack, "Familiar names aid mayor-elect's transition," Chicago Tribune, March 10, 2011.
- "Jerry Adelmann’s Vision is Right Up Ecover’s Alley: Preserving Open Space for Future Generations," Ecover Blog, March 4, 2011.
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- Nina Koziol, "Gardeners get their game on," Chicago Tribune, February 27, 2011.
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- "Water, Water, Everywhere—But Enough? A Mega-Regional Challenge," Citiwire.net, February 13, 2011.
- "The Squash Blossoms Are Going Back to School," Squash Blossom Blotter Blog, January 29, 2011.
- Sue Ulrey, "Charities, State of Illinois face tough decisions in leans times," Trib Local Blog, January 28, 2011.
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