Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Treatment shows promise for Lake County’s Blanding’s turtlesNov 18, 2024 3:50 pm - Ecologists from the Lake County Forest Preserves are testing an experimental treatment to protect Blanding’s turtles from a dangerous, potentially fatal fungal disease.
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Lake County forest preserves opens solar-lit trailsNov 09, 2024 10:05 am - Feeling the pinch of earlier sunsets? You can enjoy nature after dark by exploring two Lake County forest preserves with illuminated trails.
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How to spend $304.5 million?: Lake County forest preserves, Mundelein High School preparing for big to-do listsNov 06, 2024 8:15 pm - Securing voter approval for tax hikes to fund a host of improvements for Lake County forest preserves and Mundelein High School was the hard part. Now the logistics of using a combined $304.5 million are underway.
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Lake County voters favor spending money for improving forest preserves, schoolsNov 05, 2024 8:56 pm - Lake County voters Tuesday affirmed their love of the forest preserve system and looked poised to favor extensive improvements at Mundelein High School with overwhelming support for separate tax hike requests.
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Potential Cuba Marsh addition on forest preserve radar since 1988Nov 04, 2024 8:43 pm - Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve in southwestern Lake County could expand with the acquisition of the 9.4-acre Bowers property in Deer Park.
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Why you can’t ditch old pumpkins in forest preservesNov 04, 2024 4:11 pm - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is reminding people that dumping pumpkins in forest preserves is a no-no.
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New schools, libraries, open space: Here’s what’s on the ballot in Kane County and the Fox ValleyOct 31, 2024 3:53 pm - Kane County voters are being asked for money for school construction, new libraries, park district construction and forest preserves.
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Forest preserves, school improvements: Here’s what’s on the ballot in Lake CountyOct 31, 2024 3:42 pm - Besides choosing who should represent them in the White House and elsewhere, Lake County voters Tuesday will have pocketbook issues to consider, though the potential bottom line varies greatly.
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Learn how to become a Kane County Certified NaturalistOct 30, 2024 6:07 pm - Are you passionate about nature and want to make a positive impact on your community? Discover the Kane County Certified Naturalist program at a free information session on Thursday, Nov. 7.
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Catching rays: Solar panel project planned for inside the old Danada horse trackOct 26, 2024 2:00 pm - DuPage County forest preserve leaders want to install solar panels in an area inside a former horse track that was part of the former estate of Dan and Ada Rice.