"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 and Chicago Wilderness announced the winners of their annual Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards...
The awards recognize outstanding efforts to use native plants within the Chicago Wilderness region. Also recognized are communities and developers that plan and construct residential, commercial or municipal developments in ways that protect the environment... Abbott has preserved an expansive area at its corporate campus which provides habitat for the Prairie White-Fringed Orchid [Platanthera leucophaea], an endangered Illinois prairie species." source : http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051206/cgtu041.html?.v=35 *********** regards, vb _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
