On today's show, Worldview opens up the phones to listeners to talk about how Midwesterners can save their money by exploring the unrivaled biodiversity of the tri-state region with Mike MacDonald, a nature photographer and founder of ChicagoNatureNow!, an initiative to get people engaged with nature and author of the book My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago Dr. Gerould Wilhelm, botanist/ecologist at Conservation Design Forum and formerly at the Morton Arboretum for over 20 years. He co-authored the book, Flora of the Chicago Region. A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis.