Category Archives: Will County Nature

Information and photography about Will County nature, wildlife, landscapes, habitats, and biodiversity. Will County is in Illinois, near Chicago.

My 2015 Search for Spring (and Skunk Cabbage)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Mike MacDonald

Every March, I go to the woods in the hope that I will find evidence that spring has begun. For me, that’s when skunk cabbage emerges from the mud or, as is the case this year, through the snow. Skunk … Continue reading →

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Searching for Spring (and Skunk Cabbage)

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Mike MacDonald

Today, March 10, 2013, spring officially began in the Chicago area. For me, the beginning of spring does not arrive in a fanfare of color. Rather, it begins subtly, when sometime in March, speckled maroon and yellow spathes of skunk cabbage … Continue reading →

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