by Bill | Jan 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Several years ago my local county board established an Agricultural Conservation Easement (ACE) commission to facilitate the protection and preservation of farmland. Currently, about 60 to 70 percent of the county is used for agriculture. Until about 4...
by Bill | Jul 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
In March of 1999, the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago opened a permanent exhibit dedicated to the world below our feet. The Underground Adventure invites the museum visitor to shrink to the size of a fingernail and delve into the realm of soil. ...
by Bill | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
The cool, wet weather we’ve been experiencing this spring in northern Illinois has delayed the beginning of my pursuit of smallmouth bass. The streams I haunt were slow to warm up and water levels have fluctuated wildly. By now I typically would have...
by Bill | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
A group of citizens near my community formally banded together to oppose the county highway department’s plan to improve a rural road in their neighborhood. The road is about 2 miles long and is located just past the edge of town. It winds it’s...
by Bill | Jan 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Not too long ago I got re-acquainted with an old friend with whom I hadn’t visited in some time. I first “met” Aldo Leopold in the mid-1970s. His book, A Sand County Almanac, was required reading for one of my classes in the College of...
by Bill | Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
A substantial part of my workload consists of conducting soil investigations for onsite wastewater treatment, which is an impressive way of saying I do soil testing for septic systems. This involves sampling and characterizing soils where septic systems are used...
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