Marni Pyke
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Cage for cranes too big a strain?Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - One 1,800-square-foot wood-and-steel crane cage with double-gated entry and nesting shelter -- $86,977. One 2,000-gallon, clay-lined pool with solar-powered re-circulati...
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Field Museum brings archeological dig to Bartlett forest preserveAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - "We found a bone!" Shouts ring out in Pratt's Wayne Woods. As excited students surround Field Museum paleontologist Richard Kissel, he scrutinizes the small, brown fragm...
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Forest Dist. consider hiring in-house lawyerAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Hefty legal fees are prompting DuPage County Forest Preserve District leaders to consider hiring an in-house lawyer. The district has paid $555,211 to its attorneys last...
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Actually, folks, it's a wombatAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - She's finally ready to leave the nest ... er ... pouch. Goldie, the female southern hairy-nosed baby wombat at Brookfield Zoo, is ready to greet her adoring public. The ...
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DuPage County leaders debate future of Klein fenJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Golf course protecting its interests, but forest district complains that may be running up price of land needed to preserve rare fen> Two competing visions for what's no...
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DuPage County commissioners expected to vote on Lucent propertyJul 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Expect a showdown tonight among DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners over the fate of a property on Lisle's northwest border. District leaders are expected to vo...
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DuPage County braces for more cutsJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - As DuPage County department heads prepare their 2008 budgets, there's fear that more funding cuts similar to ones made this year could be devastating. Health and Human S...
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DuPage Fair-minded eventsJul 18, 2007 11:00 pm - ̢ۢComplete schedule of events The unofficial theme for this year's DuPage County Fair could be "change and tradition." The much-loved annual festival opens at 8 a.m. W...
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Quiet but fierce Douglas Mains’ low-key perseverance helped save Danada from developersJun 20, 2007 12:12 pm - Ÿ Editor’s Note: The following article originally ran on June 20, 2007, as part of the Daily Herald’s series about the 10 most influential environmentalists in DuPage C...
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