Three new forest preserves set to get names

In keeping with Lake County Forest Preserve District tradition, three of the region's newest preserves are set to receive environmental-related names.

A 261-acre site near Antioch will be dubbed the Prairie Stream Forest Preserve, under a proposal commissioners reviewed today. Additionally, a 119-acre site in Kildeer will be called the Egret Marsh Forest Preserve, and a 243-acre site near Volo will be known as Kettle Grove Forest Preserve.

Nearly all of the county's 56 forest preserves honor ecological features. Only a few -- such as Ethel's Woods near Antioch and Wright Woods near Lincolnshire -- pay tribute to people.

Three forest district committees approved the proposed names during separate meetings. The full board could make the recommendations official Tuesday during its regularly scheduled meeting in Waukegan.

Deals for all three sites were struck in January in what was part of the largest single-day land buy in forest district history.