Eddie Pasiewicz News Today

A big buck at Illinois Beach State Park, a Chicago mantis making an office visit, the latest stocking of muskies into Geneva Lake in Wisconsin and some poetry from Gertrude Stein are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

A look at the Clean Water Act turning 50 through beer labels, a suburban white squirrel, a rare suburban pheasant rooster and Bruce Springsteen with an analogy on life and catfish fishing are among the notes from around Chicago and beyond.

A crane haiku, historical perspective on the lateness of migrating sandhill cranes, an evening buck, and the Christmas Bird Count are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.