For Cook County residents, here's an incredibly easy way to help fight climate change and support biodiversity. A slightly different version was published in the Oak Park Wednesday Journal on October 18, 2022. At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of farsighted people had the novel idea to create the Cook County Forest Preserves system, the first of its kind in the country. It was a daunting task to plan, persuade people, and get laws through the legislature. Only then did the real work begin of purchasing and managing vast acreage, developing public programs, and conserving biodiversity while catering to humans. None of this was easy. Starting with an initial purchase of 500 acres in 1916, today the FPDCC comprises 70,000 acres of natural and recreational areas stretching from Lake-Cook Road south to Steger Road. Consequently, Cook County, home to over 5 million people, can also boast that it’s the most biodiverse county in the state. In this time of global warming, en
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This topic has received very little attention. Perhaps you can elaborate on the subject.
AG--I am planning a post on the resilient landscape, but with research will take me a couple of weeks to prepare and write.
Yes, prairie plants are among the best species to help with carbon storage. I'll do a post on that really soon.