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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A pollinator habitat sculpture, made out of steel. Families can help artists Emily Moorhead-Wallace and Janet Austin create a pollinator habitat sculpture on March 7.

Chicago Sculpture International artists build pollinator habitat sculpture

March 3, 2020

In an upcoming family workshop event on March 7, families can help artists Emily Moorhead-Wallace and Janet Austin create a pollinator habitat sculpture that will be unveiled in time for Earth Day. Moorhead-Wallace...

Grosse Point Lighthouse. The Lighthouse Beach area will undergo restoration work that includes the Lighthouse Beach dunes and Jens Jensen Council Circle.

Evanston to work on habitat restoration in lighthouse beach area

February 5, 2020

Evanston is removing dead and dying trees as well as non-native vegetation from the Lighthouse Beach area to improve the environment for wildlife and enhance visitor safety. Restoration work began...

Ald. Eleanor Revelle (7th) speaks at a city meeting. Revelle and other Evanston residents advocated against a proposed access road that would have cut through Isabella Woods in northwest Evanston.

Officials block plan to build road through Isabella Woods

May 18, 2017

The board of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago voted unanimously Thursday to block the construction of a roadway through Isabella Woods, an undisturbed oak forest in northwest...

There are more than 70 parks in Evanston —  including James Park — six of which are pesticide-free. City officials are pushing the state legislature to repeal a law that limits municipalities from regulating private pesticide use.

City officials push for local control over pesticide use

February 19, 2017

City Council passed a resolution last week calling on state legislators to repeal or amend a state law that prevents municipalities from regulating the use of pesticides themselves. The state statute,...

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