Articles filed under Cook County Forest Preserve District
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GOP family picnic in Elk Grove Sept. 13Sep 09, 2015 1:00 am - The 35th annual Northwest Suburban Republican Family Picnic will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at Busse Woods Forest Preserve - Grove 27 in Elk Grove ...
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Cook Co. urges state leaders to release of forest preserve grantsSep 08, 2015 1:00 am - Cook County leaders are calling on state officials to release about $4.5 million in state and federal grant money awarded to the Forest Preserves of Cook County that has...
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Forest preserve opens campground in NorthbrookSep 04, 2015 1:00 am - Camp Dan Beard in Northbrook has opened for the Labor Day holiday weekend, the final campsite of five opened this summer by Forest Preserves of Cook County. The camp, at...
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Crabtree Nature Center Celebrates 100 years!Aug 18, 2015 11:00 pm - The Crabtree Nature Center in Barrington, IL is celebrating 100 years and 100 events at the annual Art in Nature event held on Sunday Sept 20, 2015. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Art...
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Former Horizon Farms owner sues forest preserve over trespassing arrestAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - A former owner of the Horizon Farms property in Barrington Hills is suing the Forest Preserve of Cook County, claiming her civil rights were violated last year when she ...
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Cooperation celebrated on Busse Woods dam projectAug 12, 2015 12:30 pm - State, county and village officials gathered at the Busse Woods dam near Elk Grove Village Wednesday morning to celebrate unprecedented government cooperation that's exp...
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Elk Grove elk play role of 'Mayhem' in Allstate radio adsJul 29, 2015 1:00 am - The iconic elk of the Busse Woods forest preserve in Elk Grove Village have gotten some notoriety this summer in Allstate radio commercials - an example of the Northbroo...
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Archaeologists look to forest preserve for area historyJul 26, 2015 2:30 pm - There's treasure in Cook County's forest preserves, Paula Porubcan of the Illinois State Archaeological Survey says. And archaeologists in August will make their way to...
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Constable: Rare dragonfly calls the suburbs homeJul 22, 2015 1:00 am - With its dazzling, jewel-green eyes, exoskeletal-thin body and two sets of translucent wings, the Hine's emerald dragonfly looks almost too prehistoric to be at home in ...
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Forest preserve wants you to camp close to homeJul 02, 2015 1:00 am - Cabins available at Camp Reinberg near Palatine