Far from perfect: The composition of the page itself needs work and having larger versions of the images available would be nice. But we do get to have fun watching the photographer emphasize the fact that this is both a forest and a marine environment, as he shoots his colorful (but not garish) images through the ripples.

Pages about the forests one will find in Northern New Mexico, under not quite desert conditions, and the expansion of the same in recent times.

Rebuilding the offshore forests.

Home to the "Sky Islands" - mountaintops high enough to catch the rain, islands of woodland surrounded by the Sonoran desert below. The information you need to somewhere worth visiting. Please bring food that doesn't need to be cooked if you do come to camp, and leave the campfires at home. Wildfires are no small matter in this area; one of them wiped the town of Summerhaven off the face of the earth earlier in this decade.

Information about visiting a surprisingly scenic place, a densely wooded area crisscrossed with little canyons, in a state not known for its scenery.

Changes in behavior following changes in policy instituted on the advice of American environmentalists. The short form would seem to be that the large, powerful animals, accustomed to being fed by humans, came seeking food from them when the gifts ceased, and weren't shy about taking what they weren't given, including the lives and flesh of a few of the local residents.

Visitors guide to what really is a fragile ecosystem. An unexpected treasure on the other side of the remaining steel mills.

If you see a log floating in the river, try not to step on it. Aside from that, enjoy your trip. Southern swampland.

See them before they get logged.

The Dells are, in a way, the Midwestern version of Niagara Falls: somewhere so overrun with tourist kitsch and unpleasant marketing types running the tourist traps, that one is almost embarassed to admit that the area, itself, is very nice to look at, once one leaves some of the unpleasantness behind. I went looking for images of Witches' Gulch that people had uploaded. This is one I found. I'll do some more looking later.

Page talks about the restoration of an ecosystem that is far more endangered in the "Prairie State" and its neighbors than many outside of Illinois might suspect.

Nature's hidden passages. Guide to finding these places. Attractive photography of places that sound like they'd be a challenge to visit. Be sure to read the guide carefully before you go, to know what you're getting yourself in for.

More about the creature locals call a "locust"..

Watching the little guy emerge into the world. No word on whether he was served with marinara sauce..

A good view of one of the creatures as it is in life..

Ambient video. Looking around the forest in an area that saw a high density emergence of the 17 year cicada in 2007. Those places were often surprisingly hard to find in the Chicago area..