Wild Mile
Wet and wild -- a cool explore
There are so many cool projects going on in the world. We hear so much gloom and doom, but there are upsides.
For example,
at publishes regular doses of good news.Here’s a cool, wet and wild, exploration I happened to run across in the same vein: The Wild Mile Chicago. The whole urban scene. It’s a huge thing in the A. Age.
The Wild Mile takes a wildlife-first approach to public greenspace. Combining ADA-accessible boardwalks with floating artificial habitats, the Wild Mile remains open to the public 24-7, and is used as a space for recreation, education, research, community gatherings, and more.
The habitats mimic a natural wetland ecosystem - one that might have been found in the Chicago area long before the city was developed. They are pontoon-based, made of environmentally friendly materials, and built to last. Populated by wetland species native to Illinois, the gardens allow plant roots to grow through the physical framework, directly into the river.
