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7 Appealing Aspects of Illinois Starved Rock State Park

October 17, 2020December 5, 2019 by ThumbWind Publications Staff

During Thanksgiving, our family decided to do something different. Since our adult children are scattered about the Midwest, we decided to meet in the middle. We rented a place outside of North Utica, Illinois, about a 90-minute drive from Chicago. Our real purpose was to be together for Thanksgiving, but we were delighted to discover … Read more

Control the Asian Carp Problem with a Cash Bounty

May 27, 2020March 21, 2017 by Mike Hardy

The first major federal bounty program began in 1915 when Congress appropriated $125,000 to assist with predator control and nuisance animals.

Auto Pollution – Resource Reflection

June 24, 2020July 26, 2012 by northland90

The longer I drive the size and quality of the road varies. However, I have been on the same road for about four hours. There are hundreds of thousands of roads in the United States. How many resources does it take to make these roads?