Patty Wetli
Independent Journalist at Freelance
Reporter at WTTW-TV (Chicago, IL)
Shortest of 4 siblings, prone to cookie rampages. I also freaking love flowers. On the urban nature beat at WTTW News @wttw
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1 week ago |
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Want to Help Plants and Pollinators Make a Love Connection? Check Out Morton Arboretum’s New ‘Matchmaking’ Info Moths are often called the forgotten pollinators. Here’s a hummingbird clearwing moth visiting wild bergamot (bee balm). (National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park / Flickr Creative Commons) Morton Arboretum has gotten into the matchmaking business.
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Adorable Piping Plover Chicks Hatch in Waukegan: See the First Photos as the Countdown Begins for Chicago A newly hatched piping plover chick checks out the beach in Waukegan under a watchful parent's eye, June 2025. (Courtesy of Carolyn Lueck) Father’s Day took on extra meaning this year for Lake County’s piping plover papa Pepper — he’s a dad again, at least three times over.
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All 77 Chicago Park District Pools Will Open Saturday, Just in Time To Beat the Heat (Wavebreakmedia / iStock) Summer in Chicago is arriving with a splash. The Chicago Park District has announced that for the first time since 2020, all of the district’s 50 outdoor pools will be open seven days a week, beginning Saturday, just as temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s.
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2 weeks ago |
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Anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ Protests Kick Off in Chicago, Across the Country as Tens of Thousands Expected to Gather Downtown Allison Fournier holds up a sign at a family-friendly event in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood ahead of rallies across the area on June 15, 2025. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to gather in downtown Chicago and across the country Saturday in opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Piping Plover Nesting Season Is a Record-Breaker, Greatest Number of Pairs Since Species Was Listed as Endangered A newly hatched piping plover chick snuggles up to its parent at Montrose Beach, June 30, 2024. Parents Imani and Searocket are on the nest again in 2025. (Courtesy Chicago Piping Plover Watch) The wait is still on for Chicago’s piping plover chicks to hatch, but in the meantime, there’s some big news to share from across the Great Lakes.
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