Articles filed under Lake County Forest Preserve District
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From classroom bees to museum murals: Lake County artist’s inspiring pathJul 11, 2024 10:52 am - Samantha Gallagher has transformed her lifelong love for insects and drawing into a business. The Lake County Forest Preserves commissioned Gallagher to create 11 cicada illustrations that make up a large part of the Dunn Museum’s special exhibition, “Celebrating Cicadas.”
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‘Really spectacular’: Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve on Lake Michigan to grow with acquisitionJul 09, 2024 7:45 pm - Lake County forest preserve commissioners on Tuesday approved the purchase of 18.2 acres for $6 million as an addition to the Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve.
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Take an early summer walk at Pine Dunes Forest PreserveJun 28, 2024 3:54 pm - Wild Ones Lake-to-Prairie Chapter is hosting a walk at Pine Dunes Forest Preserve, 42909 Hunt Club Road in Antioch from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
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‘Flying salt shakers of death’: Fungus that creates so-called ‘zombie cicadas’ poses challenge as emergence continuesJun 07, 2024 5:48 pm - A fungus infecting some periodical cicadas is replacing their back ends with a chalky mass of spores.
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Lake County forest preserves wants to borrow $155 million for habitat restoration, land acquisitionJun 04, 2024 3:22 pm - The Lake County Forest Preserve District plans to ask voters for approval to borrow $155 million for a variety of purposes
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Bird walk at Middlefork SavannaMay 31, 2024 1:19 pm - Lake County Audubon Society is hosting a bird walk from 7 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 6 at Middlefork Savanna near Lake Forest. One of Lake County’s larger forest preser...
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Signaling your approach: Bicycle safety should rank top-of-mind for all ridersMay 28, 2024 6:08 am - With warmer weather and more cyclists hitting the roadways, safety should rank top-of-mind for anyone sharing traffic with vehicles of greater mass and speed.
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Cicada contests, events seek to celebrate and educateMay 23, 2024 7:11 pm - Suburban residents can take full advantage of the rare occurrence of the long-awaited 17-year periodical cicadas emerging by participating in contests and events that teach about the insects and celebrate them.
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‘So much time and work and imagination’: Improvements at Lake County’s largest forest preserve taking shapeMay 14, 2024 5:01 pm - Work to transform the core of Lake County’s largest forest preserve will accelerate with the pending completion of a net-zero maintenance facility, a key element in a nea...
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Sign up for oak inventory work dayMay 03, 2024 3:23 pm - Join volunteers by helping take an inventory of old oak trees from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Fairfield Park, 350 N. Fairfield Road, Round Lake. Participants will learn how...
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