Windy City Wild
Subtitle: Chicago's natural wonders
By: photography by Robert Shaw and Jason Lindsey ; forword by Bill Kurtis.
Contributors: Lindsey, Jason.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Natural history -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- Pictorial works.; Natural areas -- Illinois -- Chicago Region -- Pictorial works.; Chicago Region (Ill.) -- Pictorial works.
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: Within a 55-mile radius of the city of Chicago there are no less than five distinctive ecosystems, including tall-grass prairies, oak savannas, forests, lakeshores, and wetlands. Several of the natural communities preserved here are among the rarest in the world, including 181 species listed as endangered or threatened.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125)