BY ANDREW MORKES, FOUNDER AND AUTHOR OF NATURE IN CHICAGOLAND UPDATED JUNE 2024 The compass plants, monarchs and other butterflies, prairie crayfish, and coyotes would not exist in this spot today if the city of Chicago went through with its plans decades ago to turn what is now 23-acre Dunning-Read Natural Area (4050 N. Oak … Continue reading Dunning-Read Natural Area: A Prairie Oasis in Chicago
