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Article posted: 2/5/2013 5:30 AM

Projects would boost Lake County forest preserve access

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Lake County Forest Preserve District officials are planning to build new trails and other amenities at the Buffalo Creek preserve near Buffalo Grove. Mike Fenelon talks about the plans last April.

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Lake County forest officials hope to improve access to smaller forest preserves to approach that of other preserves like Independence Grove.

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Lake County Forest Preserve District officials are considering a staff recommendation to add or replace about $3 million in various projects to the capital plan. Proposals include public access to two preserves, as well as trails or trail connections in other locations. "We look at most of these as projects of opportunity," Mike Fenelon, the district's director of planning, conservation and development, said of the proposed additions.