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- Alex Ortiz, “NorthPoint opponents, environmental groups seek to join lawsuit against Joliet,” The Herald News, October 28, 2020.
- “Environmental Organizations Attempting To Stop NorthPoint,” 1340 WJOL, October 27, 2020.
- “Smashing Pumpkins…Responsibly,” The Mike Nowak Show, October 25, 2020.
- Annemarie Mannion, Patty Wetli, “Community Groups Vow to Fight Plan for ‘Mountain of Dredge’ on Chicago’s Southeast Side,” WTTW, October 27, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “Chicago’s Once-Dominant Oak Trees Are in Trouble. Here’s How to Help,” WTTW, October 8, 2020.
- Madison Muller, “Into the Great Wide Open: Discover Openlands Lakeshore Preserve,” Better, October 5, 2020.
- “Northern Illinois communities awarded environmental grants,” Lake County Journal, October 1, 2020.
- Jerome McDonnell, “From A Canoe Or Kayak, See Highlights Of Black History Along The Little Calumet River,” WBEZ, September 23, 2020.
- “Brown Flood, Green Flood,” In Deep, September 23, 2020.
- “Chicago is a leader in planting trees for the environment, but ComEd crews ruin them,” Chicago Sun-Times, September 15, 2020.
- Patty Wetli,” Proposed 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Could Benefit Chicago’s Economy, Environment,” WTTW, September 11, 2020.
- Steven R. Strahler, “Turns out the richest Illinoisan is not Ken Griffin,” Crain’s Chicago Business, September 11, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “No Paving of Paradise: North Park Village Preservation Extended Permanently,” WTTW, September 9, 2020.
- Courtney Bublé, “New Bill Would Create a Conservation Job Corps Run By Interior and USDA,” Government Executive, September 9, 2020.
- Chase Cavanaugh, “DeKalb-Area Parkland To Be Recultivated With Native Plants,” Northern Public Radio, September 8, 2020.
- “On Labor Day, a reimagined Depression-era jobs plan reminds us how and why to value workers,” Chicago Sun-Times, September 6, 2020.
- Patty Wetli,” From Walks in the Woods to Pedaling the Prairie, Nature Calls This Labor Day Weekend,” WTTW, September 4, 2020.
- Kaitlin Edquist, “Northbrook receives environmental grant for Park District prescribed burns program,” Northbrook Star, September 4, 2020.
- Zach Wilson, “Chicago Saw Its Hottest Summer Ever. Here’s Why More Trees Could Be The Answer We Need.” WBEZ, September 3, 2020.
- “2 Kane Pollinator Projects Earn $10,000 Environmental Grants,” Kane County Connects, August 24, 2020.
- Hank Beckman, “Green Region grant helping create butterfly sanctuaries in La Grange Park,” Chicago Tribune, August 24, 2020.
- “Ben Miller Park to receive improvements,” Rockford Register Star, August 22, 2020.
- Curtis Black, “What’s next for the Army Corps’ lakefront dump?” The Chicago Reporter, August 21, 2020.
- “Northwest suburban open space, pollinator projects get funding boost,” Daily Herald, August 20, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “Did So Many Trees Need To Die During Powerful Storm? Environmentalists Say No,” WTTW, August 20, 2020.
- Jade Yan, “Trees: What to do after the storm hits,” Chicago Sun-Times, August 18, 2020.
- Daniella Pereira, “7,300 trees lost in the storm: Just one reason Chicago needs an urban forestry board,” Chicago Tribune, August 14, 2020.
- Brenda Schory, “Kane approves $5K matching grant for pollinator conservation,” Kane County Chronicle, August 14, 2020.
- “Seize the chance to bring new lakefront park to Chicago’s Southeast Side,” Chicago Sun-Times, August 14, 2020.
- “Nonprofit Openlands Renews Longtime Tenancy,” Connect Chicago, August 3, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “TreeKeepers Course Set to Start Training New Class of Stewards. Sign Up ASAP,” WTTW, August 3, 2020.
- “Free trees offered to Waukegan residents,” Daily Herald, July 24, 2020.
- Maxwell Evans, “Lakefront Dump Site Set For Decades-Long Expansion, Despite Pleas From Southeast Siders Already ‘Overwhelmed With Pollution’,” Block Club Chicago, July 24, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “Who Speaks for Chicago’s Trees? Aldermen to Propose New Urban Forest Advisory Board,” WTTW, July 22, 2020.
- Amaris E. Rodriguez, “Pollinator Park To Help Return Native Plantings To Prospect Heights’ Hillcrest Lake,” Journal & Topics, July 16, 2020.
- Dale Bowman, “Piping plovers: Unveiling meaningful names for three fledged piping plover chicks at Montrose Beach,” Chicago Sun-Times, July 12, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “Looking for Natural Wonders Close to Home? Check Out Openlands’ ‘Get Outside Map’,” WTTW, July 3, 2020.
- “Chicago fails to live up to its motto — City in a Garden — with every tree lost,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 21, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “The Other Census: Count of Chicago Area’s Trees Underway. Here’s Why It Matters,” WTTW, June 19, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “Hey, All You Bird-Watching Bandwagoneers: Saturday is Birding’s ‘Global Big Day’,” WTTW, May 7, 2020.
- Jasmine Cooper, “Having cabin fever? Here are the best open places in Illinois to go out and explore nature,” WGN, April 22, 2020.
- Patty Wetli, “Earth Day Found Fertile Ground in Chicago for Environmental Activism,” WTTW, April 22, 2020.
- Jerry Adelman, “On the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, we see both hope and danger for the environment,” Chicago Sun-Times, April 21, 2020.
- Jerry Adelman, “Nature can help restore us as we deal with coronavirus,” Chicago Sun-Times, March 25, 2020.
- Jerome McDonnell, “Go Outside For A Walk. Here Are Great Spots To Explore.” WBEZ, March 24, 2020.
- Jason Porterfield, “Green homes 2.0: Sustainability and resilience in new construction,” Chicago Agent, March 16, 2020.
- “Community Projects Offered Helping Hand Through ComEd Competitive Grant Program,” Business Wire, March 5, 2020.
- “Veterans Speak Before The Joliet City Council In Opposition To NorthPoint Development,” WJOL, March 4, 2020.
- Dawn Reiss, “Tallgrass Rehab,” Landscape Architecture Magazine, March 2020.
- Curtis Black, “South Chicago lakeshore dump raises environmental justice and climate crisis concerns,” The Chicago Reporter, February 7, 2020.
- Madeline Buckley, “In Illinois — the Prairie State — little prairie land remains. But work is being done to save what’s left in Cook County and restore more.” Chicago Tribune, February 6, 2020.
- “‘A bad time to be a bird’ — Proposed Trump administration rule would be devastating,” Chicago Sun-Times, February 3, 2020.
- Emeline Posner, “Celebrate World Wetlands Day By Visiting A Nearby Marsh Or Wet Prairie (Yep, We Have ‘Em In Chicago),” Block Club Chicago, January 31, 2020.
- Joe Ward, “Once-Busted West Ridge School Playground Getting $1.5 Million Overhaul,” Block Club Chicago, January 2, 2020.
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