Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WILMINGTON, Ill. — The entire educational staff at Midewin National Prairie was recently terminated amid the federal government’s ...

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WILMINGTON — Even the sound of my bike tires crunching along the crushed rock trail couldn’t drown out the melodious notes of an Eastern meadowlark singing. It was as if the yellow-breasted bird with ...

A cold snap on the prairie last winter proved particularly devastating at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Wilmington, when a poorly performing heating system led to burst pipes and other damage.

In 2014, the invasive Oriental weather loach was found in the Prairie Creek wetland at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. While little is known about the Oriental weather loach and its impact on ...

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