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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Dale Bowman

Sleuthing at Cranberry Slough during 60th celebration of Illinois Nature Preserves

Izabella Redlinski, deputy director of of the department of Resource Management for the Forest Preserves of Cook County, explains a cup plant while standing amid Joe-Pye weed and goldenrod at Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve. (Dale Bowman)

  The pack of kids excitedly ran back with a roly-poly bug last Saturday at Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve. Roly-poly bugs hold a piece of my heart, Janis.

Their excitement made me nostalgic for those tiny armadillo-looking crustaceans. Beyond their trick of rolling into a ball when touched (conglobation); they’re scavengers serving a role in nature.

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