Morton Arboretum awards $6.8M for urban forestry projects in 22 priority Illinois communities
On any summer day, no matter how hot, Tom Tomschin can sit comfortably on his...
Environment
Neighbors divided over potential Highland Park sidewalk project; ‘We want to save the trees’
Feedback on sidewalks to the city from October 2023 revealed a relatively “even split” from...
With soy products booming, Illinois farmers have their eyes on clean, green innovation
“There are hundreds of products that soybean is used in, and the variety of products...
Wind farms, key to clean-energy efforts, threaten birds and bats. Developers urged to plan for wildlife.
Hundreds of thousands of birds and nearly 1 million bats die every year in collisions...
At the Chicago Botanic Garden, two pungent corpse flowers come to life
The rare titan arum — fittingly dubbed a corpse flower — is on display and in bloom...
Real-world mileage standard for new vehicles rising to 38 mpg in 2031 under new Biden administration rule
New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon...
Legislation would block carbon dioxide pipelines in Illinois for up to 2 years
The bill, expected to be signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, addresses the capture of CO2,...
Toxic forever chemicals are on the rise in Lake Michigan and have been detected in all of the Great Lakes
Study finds airborne concentrations of PFAS are higher near Chicago, other urban centers, but when...
![Lake Zurich village trustees have given a green light to a stabilization project for Buffalo Creek, a project capped at $518,145 and that comes nearly a decade after severe flooding tore through the creek, creating a new waterway in the process. Since then, the creek has eroded its new banks and risks flooding a nearby neighborhood. “The Buffalo Creek streambank, located south of Bristol Trails Park along Stanton Road, is experiencing severe erosion from significant rainfall events with existing timber retaining walls collapsing and the loss of property imminent if the streambank is not stabilized,” said Trustee Marc Spacone said […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/16/CHCSXZYCLJA55H32N3V6QLAWZA.jpg?w=135 "Lake Zurich village trustees have given a green light to a stabilization project for Buffalo Creek, a project capped at $518,145 and that comes nearly a decade after severe flooding tore through the creek, creating a new waterway in the process. Since then, the creek has eroded its new banks and risks flooding a nearby neighborhood. “The Buffalo Creek streambank, located south of Bristol Trails Park along Stanton Road, is experiencing severe erosion from significant rainfall events with existing timber retaining walls collapsing and the loss of property imminent if the streambank is not stabilized,” said Trustee Marc Spacone said […]")
Lake Zurich gets state grant to fix erosion at Buffalo Creek, an issue worsened by decade-old rain storm
Lake Zurich village trustees have given a green light to a stabilization project for Buffalo...
Captive-reared piping plovers making history with 2 separate nests with eggs in Waukegan and Chicago
3 of 4 parents-to-be hatched in a facility in Michigan, while Imani was born in...