TWI in the News

"A vertiable bounty of options: From fishing to hiking to birding, Hennpin-Hopper has it all restored"
by Dale Bowman
Chicago Sun-Times, August 24, 2008, Sports, page 63A.

"Explore nature as a work in progress at Midewin"
by Barbara Brotman
Chicago Tribune, August 14, 2008, Section 5A, page 10.

"Halting Hypoxia"
by Jay Landers
Civil Engineering (magazine of American Society of Civil Engineers), June 2008.

"Value in the land: Wetlands Initiative puts nutrient farming to test at Goose Lake near Hennepin"
by Clare Howard, photographs by David Zalaznik
Peoria Journal Star, January 13, 2008, Section F, page 1.

"Rising Water: Restoring Ruined Wetlands"
by Brendan Borrell
Zoogoer (magazine of Friends of the National Zoo), January/February 2008, pages 8-15.

"Goose Pond Nutrient Farm Proposed"
by Shannon Crawley-Serpette
News Tribune, November 21, 2007, page A1.

"Project Aims to Convert Farmland Into Wetlands"
by Peter Slevin and Kari Lydersen
Washington Post, June 24, 2007, page A3.

"A Backwater Reborn: The creation of a lush watefowl refuge from idle farmland shows nature's vast powers of recovery"
by Clare Howard, photographs by David Zalaznik
Peoria Journal Star, June 22, 2006, Section C, page 10.

"Fill It and They Will Come: Resurrected wetlands become flooded fields of dream for Illinois sportsmen"
by Mike Pehanich
BASS Times (magazine of B.A.S.S. Federation), February 2005, Volume 35, No. 2, page 45.

"Bringing Back Hennepin and Hopper: A Vision of The Wetlands Initiative"
by Robert J. Reber
Illinois Steward Magazine, Winter 2004.

Radio, T.V., and Broadcast Media

Interview with Donald Hey, TWI President
The Great Outdoors with Charile Potter, WGN Radio, June 22, 2008 (link requires Real Audio Player).

Online Media

"Bringing Life to the Dead Zone"
Whyfiles.com (science weekly of the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison), July 3, 2008.

"Restoring Farmland to Wetlands"
by Jeremy Elton Jacquot
Treehugger.com, Science and Technology Section, June 25, 2007.

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