Patch Portrait
Volunteer Spurs Passion for Nature Through Book
This week's Patch Portraits also features an American Legion leader and veteran from Des Plaines.
This week's Patch Portraits also features an American Legion leader and veteran from Des Plaines. Steve Greenberg is not an environmentalist. But he understands why you might mistake him for one. Greenberg's passion has become his pursuit. The Highland Park resident started a volunteer program at Heller Nature Reserve more than two decades ago on mission to remove the buckthorn that had infested the area. He recently published a book of photos documenting the way Heller Nature Reserve has changed during his time devoted to the area. Titled Fire and Ice for a Local Planet, the book is a photo journal that educates readers about what the reserve has to offer. "A lot of this exists in people's backyards and they go, 'Oh, it's the wild part of…
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