Lincoln Park Zoo — "Celebrating 10 Years of Nature Boardwalk"
‘This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Nature Boardwalk, the urban oasis just south of the zoo. . . . In 2009, Lincoln Park Zoo set out to re-envision this space as a high-quality habitat and a place for humans to connect with nature in the heart of the city. The result was a serene, prairie-style wetland, surrounded by a meandering boardwalk, native plants and trees, and equipped with many habitat elements to support Chicago’s urban wildlife. The Urban Wildlife Institute (UWI) at Lincoln Park Zoo uses this space as its living research center, monitoring the wildlife that live there and testing out research methods. Visitors can learn about UWI, as well as the wildlife and plants at Nature Boardwalk, by interacting with zoo staff and volunteers that manage this space or through the interpretive signage that surrounds the pond.
Since the debut of Nature Boardwalk in 2010, Lincoln Park Zoo staff have regularly monitored plant and wildlife species, and the diversity that has been detected is astonishing!’
