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Kane Co. needs restoration volunteers

Posted March 16, 2009 11:00 pm

Join a Kane County Forest Preserve District volunteer steward at a workday this March and help preserve, protect and restore the natural resources of Kane County.

Call District Volunteer Coordinator Julia Bourque at (630) 762-2741 to confirm scheduled dates and times. No experience is necessary; adults must accompany children. Volunteers are asked to dress for the weather, wearing work gloves. Forest preserves and their workdays for the month include:

• Aurora West Forest Preserve in Aurora: Sunday, March 22, from 1-3 p.m.

• Bliss Woods Forest Preserve in Sugar Grove: Saturday, March 28, from 9 a.m. to noon.

• Burnidge Forest Preserve in Elgin: Saturday, March 21, from 1-3 p.m.

• Campton Forest Preserve in St. Charles: Weekends, call for dates and times.

• Dick Young Forest Preserve in Batavia: Every Tuesday from 1-3 p.m.

• Freeman Kame Forest Preserve in Rutland Township: Weekends, call for dates and times.

• Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve in Elburn: Thursday, March 26, from 1-3 p.m.