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Barring any last-minute court decisions, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority will soon resume construction on its cargo expansion project, bulldozing a portion of ancient Bell Bowl Prairie in order to carve out a new roadway.

Photographer Sascha Fonseca captured a rare photo of the critically endangered Siberian tiger using a camera trap in Far East Russia.

A rare patch of 8,000-year-old remnant Illinois prairie has been granted a new three-month lease on life, as the Greater Rockford Airport Authority has again delayed demolition of the natural area, pending additional environmental review.

On Friday, the Greater Rockford Airport Authority filed a motion in U.S. District Court to dismiss a lawsuit blocking the airport’s planned expansion of its cargo operations, which would destroy a rare five-acre high-quality remnant prairie in the process.

From tackling flawed regulatory processes to ensuring protections for valuable natural areas, the coalition that sprung up to save Bell Bowl Prairie said its work has just begun. 

In a dramatic 11th-hour turnaround, Chicago Rockford International Airport officials announced Thursday a change in plans affecting the 8,000-year-old Bell Bowl Prairie remnant. Construction slated to resume Nov. 1 has been suspended until further consultations with federal agencies are completed.

Sightings of an endangered bee species have temporarily stopped construction, which is set to resume November 1

Supporters of the movement to save Bell Bowl Prairie, a small patch of rare remnant prairie situated within the boundaries of Chicago Rockford International Airport, say they have a simple solution that preserves the prairie and allows the airport to expand: Just move a road.

The Chicago Park District announced Thursday Great Lakes piping plover pair Monty and Rose have produced a second nest and laid one egg at Montrose Beach Dunes Natural Area.