Dry summer doesn't hinder wetlands

HOMER LAKE – Right now, the wetlands at this forest preserve aren't all that wet, after one of the driest summers in recent years.

But there are signs that Homer Lake Wetland, in its first year at the preserve south of St. Joseph, is changing.

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