Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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With deer, let nature take courseOct 10, 2012 4:40 am - In recent days there has been conversation about bow hunting in Kane County Forest Preserves to reduce the number of deer. As a frequent user of Schweitzer Preserve in S...
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Concept plan to redevelop old Kane County dump gets approvalOct 09, 2012 3:57 pm - The master concept plan for the redevelopment of the 700-acre campus along Fabyan Parkway, including the old landfills, is now the official vision for the site. Both the...
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Why you should like lichensOct 06, 2012 10:50 am - They’re friends with benefits. They lead unassuming lives, and their living arrangement goes largely unnoticed. They get along famously, and they’re committed to each ot...
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Bridge closed at Geneva forest preserveSep 28, 2012 1:26 pm - Fox River Trail users face an unexpected detour, in the Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva. A concrete bridge that connects the trail from the western bank of the river to...
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Kane forest preserve officials to detail Fabyan plansSep 27, 2012 11:22 am - Redevelopment plans for the 700-acre Fabyan Parkway/Settler’s Hill campus received the first nod of approval from a Kane County Forest Preserve District committee Thursd...
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Attitude toward animals NeanderthalSep 23, 2012 4:40 am - It’s been said that you can judge a society by the way it treats its animals. If that’s the case, future generations surely will believe that Illinois legislators and Ka...
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Revised Fabyan site plan has just one mountain biking trailSep 12, 2012 1:00 pm - The east woods of Fabyan Forest Preserve stayed in, but one of two mountain biking trails is out of the concept plan for developing a recreational complex on the site of...
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Kane County OKs cost study for Fabyan ideaSep 12, 2012 12:00 pm - The Kane County Board on Tuesday hired a firm to figure out the fiscal impact of developing a recreational complex at the old jail site and Settler’s Hill landfill in Ge...
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Egrets and herons fish in the Fox RiverSep 07, 2012 12:46 pm - They stand motionless in the river, statues of pure white, pillars of slate gray. Eyes fixed on the water. Watching. Waiting. These still-as-stone creatures are egrets a...
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Veterans Conservation Corps hopes to heal people, landSep 07, 2012 10:00 am - First Chicago-area project is Saturday in Batavia