Eli Mirek

Hi everyone, today I will be talking about the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie which is located in Wilmington, Il. Mick and I visited here over Valentine's Day weekend, and we had a great experience. We learned a lot about the history of the land and the bison that reside there. Midewin is one of the few places in Illinois where bison live and where you can see them! Interestingly, it also has old ammunition bunkers and an abandoned munitions factory from when the Joliet Army Ammunition...

Hi everyone, and happy February! It is the month of love and gratefulness for the people in your life, so I encourage you all to tell the people around you how much you love them. Something I really love is driving on I-294 or on the Skyway and looking at the old factories, abandoned brick buildings, and decaying structures. I think they are very fascinating, and they always evoke feelings I find difficulty explaining. These buildings are a part of the Rust Belt, a region of the Great Lakes...

Welcome back UIC Radio! Midwest Muse is back for another semester, and I am excited tell you all about prescribed fires today. Over winter break, Mick and I visited a forest preserve we often drive through together. Before visiting the cemetery and church we most often visit, we walked through a trail in the woods and noticed smoke ahead. I figured it was a prescribed fire because I worked in the area over the summer, and the company I worked for does prescribed fires over the winter. Indeed!...