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Winter Walk 2012

  December 1, 2012 we took a winter walk along William H. Powers Lake, formerly known as Wolf Lake.  We met at a central location and walked to different interesting points along the lake. Some of the attractions were the upcoming visitor’s center, the Nike missile, and the damage done to trees caused by beavers. […]

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Touring Our Dumps

It never seizes to amaze people how many landfills there are on the Southside of Chicago or that most of our city’s landfills were located here.  On November 2nd, Suhail Barot’s Sustainabilities Studies class joined SETF for a tour of landfills in our community.   The tour with a brief presentation in our office about landfilling on

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Snowy Winter Walk

We’re hoping for snow for our Winter Walk.  There’s nothing like freshly fallen snow to add to the excitement of being outdoors in the winter weather.  This year our annual Winter Walk will be led by our intern Tiffany Mann from CSU.  Tiffany will share historical tibits about Wolf Lake, information about lakeside ecosystems and help you hunt

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By Popular Request

SETF had T-shirts printed commemorating our successful campaign to stop the Chicago Police Department from building an outdoor firing range adjacent to the Whitford and O’Brien Ponds.  The design was a collaborative effort with original art work taken from a paper cutting done by Susan Degrane, a member of our organization and a quote from Carolyn

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From today’s NWI Times Lower lake levels could hurt region, industry Climate change is expected to drop water levels in the Great Lakes, affecting industry and the region. Levels could drop anywhere from a few inches to several feet as water evaporates in the drought conditions, experts said Wednesday. Extreme weather will become more commonplace.

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