Articles filed under DuPage County Forest Preserve District
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Smallmouth bass to help map success of DuPage River restorationMay 31, 2012 5:30 am - Roughly 100 smallmouth bass moved into new homes Wednesday at two DuPage County forest preserves along the West Branch of the DuPage River. The bass, which began life se...
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Wheaton mourns former city council memberMay 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Robert Mork, a longtime Wheaton city councilman and legal counsel to the DuPage Forest Preserve District, is being remembered by area leaders for his skillful articulati...
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Addison police investigating possible dog shootingMay 23, 2012 9:00 am - Addison police are investigating the death of a Yorkshire terrier that may have been shot while it walked with its owner near a forest preserve. The owner, whom police w...
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St. James Farm playing host to horses, dogs - and familiesMay 23, 2012 6:00 am - Visitors can celebrate DuPage County's cultural heritage and natural history Saturday, May 26, during "Family Field Day at St. James Farm." The celebration, which runs ...
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DuPage forest commissioners cut own salariesMay 15, 2012 4:07 pm - DuPage Forest Preserve commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce their own salaries from nearly $57,000 to $53,500, but they disagreed on whether the cuts were d...
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Help protect DuPage forests’ natural areasMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald recently published a story on an individual’s training routine for the Spartan Death Race. Images showed the person chopping a tree, tossing a boulder a...
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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...