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May 18, 2027

Blue and green cover of The Wild Mile: Bringing Nature Back to the City showing an overhead view of a red kayak traveling over blue water. The Chicago skyline is reflected in the water. The kayak's wake is green and filled with leaves and flowers. By Alison Pearce Stevens.

Another book for the Books for a Better Earth collection! This book is all about Chicago’s Wild Mile. In the city, the Chicago River is bounded by steel retaining walls. No river banks. No plants. No wildlife. And no way for people to get down to the water to kayak or canoe. But Urban Rivers is changing that by adding floating habitat—for animals and people. It’s just one example of ways people are helping to rewild cities to make way for all the creatures that belong there.