Like many cities on the Great Lakes, lakefront park space is at apremium… but in Chicago, a conservation group is trying to change thatby converting an airport used for small planes, into a landing space formigratory birds. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jesse Hardmanreports from Chicago:
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Like many cities on the Great Lakes, lakefront park space is at a
premium… but in Chicago, a conservation group is trying to change that by
converting an airport used for small planes, into a landing space for
migratory birds. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Jesse Hardman
reports from Chicago.
The Lake Michigan Federation has presented the city with a plan to replace
the ninety-one acres along the Lake with wetlands, dunes and a prairie.
Cam Davis is the group’s Executive Director.
He says their proposal fits perfectly into the city’s renewed emphasis on
natural environments within an urban setting.
“The whole point of this is to really give people the chance to experience
nature first hand. Not to just see it in a display, but to see it first
hand. That means fishing, that means snorkeling, that means birding.”
Meigs Field is scheduled to close almost exactly a year from now…and
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is guaranteeing a waterfront park, in some form,
will take its place.
For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I’m Jesse Hardman.