Articles filed under Cook County Forest Preserve District
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‘We think it’s a big deal’: Rare dual emergence of cicadas has some people buzzingJan 28, 2024 6:00 am - The main event is a few months away, but ecologists, educators and others in northern Illinois are busy preparing for their own big game of sorts — the pending emergence of billions of 17-year periodical cicadas.
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Why you may see larger, faster e-bikes on suburban forest preserve trailsJan 21, 2024 4:49 pm - Once the weather breaks, trail users in the Lake County forest preserve system could have more company with the removal of a ban on some electric bicycles. The forest pre...
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Cook County Forest Preserves' general superintendent to end productive 13-year tenureDec 08, 2023 12:00 am - Cook County Forest Preserve District General Superintendent Arnold Randall has announced plans to step down next month, ending a distinct and productive 13-year tenure. ...
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How Des Plaines is improving pedestrian safety and trail accessOct 31, 2023 1:00 am - Des Plaines officials are celebrating the completion and opening of a walking, running and biking path that helps connect local residents with hundreds of miles of Chica...
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Party for the Preserves is full day of events Sept. 23Sep 19, 2023 11:00 pm - The annual Forest Preserves of Cook County's Party for the Preserves on Saturday, Sept. 23, checks a lot of boxes: it kicks off fall forest fun events that run through N...
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Crabtree Nature Center receives $2M remodelAug 27, 2023 11:00 pm - More than 50 years after first opening its doors, the Forest Preserves of Cook County's Crabtree Nature Center has undergone a $2 million transformation that will enhanc...
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Good News Sunday: Street scene to evoke memories of a bygone era is taking shape in MundeleinAug 05, 2023 11:00 pm - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: A Mundelein business owner is sharing hi...
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Forest Preserves of Cook County opens photo contestJul 30, 2023 11:00 pm - Whether you have an eye for casually capturing images or you're a professional photographer, the Forest Preserves of Cook County wants to see your nature photographs sho...
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'It's a huge undertaking for us': $66 million project will get Brookfield Zoo's primates outsideJul 24, 2023 5:30 am - He's the glue of the family. At 26 years old, Jontu left his bachelor pad in St. Louis to take charge of an all-female troop of western lowland gorillas at Brookfield Zo...
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Forest Preserves of Cook County raises fines for fly dumpingJul 16, 2023 11:00 pm - Piles of crumbling asphalt, disassembled and busted furniture, and mini mountains of used tires; these are scenes one might expect to see at a landfill. But for some Fo...