Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Busse Woods, Deer Grove forest restorations identified as prioritiesMar 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Restoration of Deer Grove and Ned Brown (Busse Woods) preserves in Northwest Cook County has been identified as a top priority in new long-range vision plan for Forest P...
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Ryerson Woods Conservation Area maple syrup hikesMar 21, 2015 1:00 am - Visitors to Ryerson Woods Conservation Area near Riverwoods got a sweet education Saturday. The monthlong maple syrup hikes, offered through the Lake County Forest Prese...
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Cook County trout season opens April 4:Mar 20, 2015 1:00 am - Rainbow trout season opens at sunrise April 4 in Axehead and Belleau lakes in Des Plaines-Park Ridge, Sag Quarry East in Lemont and Green Lake in Calumet City. The Cook ...
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River Trail Nature Center holds maple syrup celebrationMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - River Trail Nature Center will host its annual maple syrup celebration 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at 3120 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Northbrook. As daytime temperatur...
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St. Charles, other park projects in limbo as state suspends grantsMar 14, 2015 7:45 am - Suspended state grants leave districts in funding lurch
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Mundelein, Winthrop Harbor park projects on hold due to halted grantsMar 14, 2015 7:31 am - State grants for Mundelein, Winthrop Harbor among those on hold
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Little Naturalists program begins in Kane CountyMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Lions, lambs, nature babies and salamanders will be the themes for spring nature programs for preschoolers from the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. In "Nature T...
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Pedestrian bridge planned near forest preserve in RosemontMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - Rosemont and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County are planning to install a pedestrian bridge over the Des Plaines River to connect Bryn Mawr Road to the Des Plai...
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Children learn about woolly mammoths at Lake County Discovery MuseumMar 11, 2015 1:00 am - Young children looked wide-eyed as a large woolly mammoth tusk was passed around for each of their little hands to touch during the Woolly Mammoths & Mighty Mastodons pr...
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DuPage neutral on eliminating forest preserve boardMar 10, 2015 1:00 am - The DuPage County Board won't lobby for or against a proposed state law that would eliminate the elected board that oversees the forest preserve district. Instead, Chair...