(The Center Square) – Illinois farming was in the spotlight at a recent U.S. House Committee on Agriculture hearing in Washington D.C. Many issues affecting the farming sector were touched ...

The Wetlands Initiative Share It’s so wasteful. The chaos emanating from Washington, D.C., splattered Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, the Chicago area’s biggest wild space, in the last two ...

Dale Bowman Share Erick Ignaczak received the call he was terminated at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, the Chicago area’s biggest wild space, the day after Valentine’s Day while visiting ...

A 1,300-acre restoration project at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie has ground to a halt after federal grant funds, awarded in 2023, were frozen by the Trump Administration. Tens of thousands of ...

WILMINGTON, Ill. — The entire educational staff at Midewin National Prairie was recently terminated amid the federal government’s cost-saving effort. Siobhan Peacy was working for Midewin for ...

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Siobhan Solkowski-Peacy, former Interpretive Specialist at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois, joins Lisa Dent to talk about losing her job amid the mass firing of federal employees.