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Photos: Some of the rare species at Braidwood Sands

By Denise M. Baran-Unland
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Restoration efforts at the Forest Preserve District’s Kankakee Sands preserve have converted former agricultural fields into large patches of prairie, that support a wide variety of native flora and fauna, including this swamp milkweed and cabbage butterfly.

Restoration efforts at the Forest Preserve District’s Kankakee Sands preserve have converted former agricultural fields into large patches of prairie, that support a wide variety of native flora and fauna, including this swamp milkweed and cabbage butterfly. (Photo provided)

Denise Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.