Top Photo Opportunities along the South Shore
We’ve complied a few of our favorite Instagram-worthy locations throughout the South Shore. Each of…
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Posts From: May 2020
Nature Notes: Prairie Parents - Bison at Kankakee Sands
Header photo credit © Jason Whalen/Big Foot Media Just like many of us that are working from home, our bison continue to work from their home at Kankakee Sands. The bison have been busy enriching the plant diversity by eating a plethora of grasses, creating sandy depressions when they wallow in the ground, and pooping out nutrients to enrich the soil, just as they have been doing since they arrived in 2016 when they were brought to Kankakee Sands to assist us in managing our prairies. And this spring, about 25 of our 70 bison will take on an additional job… parenting…
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