Articles filed under DuPage County Forest Preserve District
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DuPage forest board approves nature preserve areasMay 01, 2012 3:00 pm - Five DuPage County forest preserve areas will become Illinois Nature Preserves next week after commissioners unanimously approved a measure Tuesday to give the lands ext...
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Five DuPage holdings nominated as nature preservesApr 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Five forest preserve areas in DuPage County are nominated as Illinois State Nature Preserves, which could give them an extra layer of ecological protection. But some for...
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What does $68 million buy? DuPage Forest says 473 acres and countingApr 23, 2012 11:00 am - Five years after voters approved a $68 million tax increase so the DuPage County Forest Preserve could buy more land, officials report they have acquired 43 properties a...
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Longtime DuPage forest preserve fish expert diesApr 18, 2012 9:00 pm - Fishermen who ever cast a line in a DuPage County Forest Preserve District lake have Don LaBrose to thank for any luck they had. The longtime district fisheries biologis...
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Willowbrook naturalist ‘living the dream’Apr 17, 2012 3:01 pm - Jack MacRae knew what he wanted to do with his life from the time he was a kindergartner running around catching snakes and looking for frogs. He got his first job as a ...
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Tips for handling wildlife babiesApr 12, 2012 8:04 am - Spring is breeding time for many DuPage County animal species. The staff and volunteers at Willowbrook Wildlife Center, the DuPage Forest Preserve District’s native-wild...
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Forest preserve looks to upgrade Oak Meadows golf course in AddisonApr 03, 2012 3:49 pm - DuPage forest preserve commissioners voted Tuesday to hire an engineering firm for roughly $63,000 to address flooding and improve ecology at Oak Meadows golf course in ...
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Radioactive cleanup starts at McDowell Grove near NapervilleMar 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Project will remove radioactive deposits
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DuPage forest district lowers fees for professional photographersMar 29, 2012 8:30 am - Sheila Rutledge is about to save some money. In response to her long-running complaints, the DuPage Forest Preserve District is lowering the fee it charges to profession...
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DuPage looking toward improvements at St. James FarmMar 28, 2012 2:56 pm - DuPage Forest Preserve officials are poised to approve improvements for St. James Farm, and to keep Willowbrook Wildlife Center waiting, after a move to refinance $38 mi...