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Flowers nurtured by special needs students at Lincoln-Way East High School greenhouse will be on sale Saturday. (Submitted by Lincoln-Way High School District 210)

Lincoln-Way East greenhouse flowers on sale Saturday

By Ashley Rueff | May 8 at 4:19 p.m.

Area residents will have one more chance to buy flowers from Lincoln-Way East High School’s Special Services Transition Program – just in time for Mother’s … Read more ›

Gypsy moth treatment planned for Tinley Park

By Ashley Rueff | May 4 at 4:13 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture will treat about 9,000 acres in the Tinley Park area for the destructive gypsy moth in early June in an … Read more ›

Saturday night is prime time for Lyrids meteoroid watching

April 21 at 12:53 p.m.

Saturday night promises to be cold, a little damp and dark — a great night to be outdoors, if you’re a stargazer. The hours from … Read more ›

White clover, a common edible weed in Illinois, is likely the species that sometimes produces four leaves, giving it the name four-leaf clover and supposedly giving the finder good luck. Tribune file photo

Four-leaf clover: Rare variation of a common, edible weed (and may be good luck)

By Sheryl DeVore | March 6 at 6:00 a.m.

That sometimes pesky white clover creeping into your grass in spring is the same plant that supposedly brings luck to those who find it in … Read more ›

Al Riley (L) and Jim Pieri (R) of Rich Twp.
From the community

Rich Township Scores an "Academy Award of Nature"

By Tom Lang | March 5 at 3:29 p.m.

Grassroots Conservation Leadership Award bestowed by Audubon Chicago Region and the Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project Rich Township, under the leadership of Supervisor Al Riley, Administrator … Read more ›

Ron Panzer
From the community

Oak Forest Insect Expert Gets "Academy Award of Nature"

By Tom Lang | March 4 at 8:34 p.m.

Grassroots Conservation Leadership Award bestowed by Audubon Chicago Region and the Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project Ron Panzer of Oak Forest, Naturalist and Manager of Northeastern … Read more ›

Controlled fires at the Orland Grassland site could continue through March. (Jeff Vorva/Tribune)

Grassland fires could last into March

By Jeff Vorva | Feb. 20 at 2:49 p.m.

Controlled fires have been visible most of the month at the Orland Grassland area located at 167th Avenue, LaGrange Road, 179th Street and 104th Avenue. … Read more ›

Mike Iaconelli with two big tournament bass. Photo by BASS and Rob Russow
From the community

Is it Ike’s turn?

By Don Dziedzina | Feb. 19 at 10:03 a.m.

After a year of fishing in a variety of tournaments across the nation, 49 of the best anglers will finally compete in the 2012 Bassmaster … Read more ›

Garden plots at the new Brookside Bayou will be assigned through a lottery on Feb. 16. (Submitted by Frankfort Square Park District)

New community garden plots up for grabs at Brookside Bayou

By Ashley Rueff | Feb. 7 at 12:20 p.m.

A former dump site near 191st Street and Brookside Glen Drive soon will be blooming with flowers and vegetables during the first season of community … Read more ›

Joan Sayre took this photo of a great horned owl in her Libertyville back yard. The adult owls raised two young, which she saw in early June two years ago.

Hooting great horned owls celebrate Valentine’s Day

By Sheryl DeVore | Feb. 1 at 1:00 a.m.

Beneath a full moon on a cold, winter’s evening, the pair begins its courtship duet. Hoo hoo hoooo hooo hoo, he bellows atop a walnut … Read more ›

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