Articles filed under DuPage County Forest Preserve District
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Kline Creek Farm to celebrate National Honey Bee Day for the first timeAug 18, 2012 8:00 am - Duane Marski has seen bees up close from behind the lens of a camera and witnessed things most have not. He's seen bees carrying drops of water on their backs that are ...
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The SoapboxAug 18, 2012 6:00 am - Going the extra mile: Teachers at Anne Fox Elementary School in Hanover Park know family involvement is important to students' success, and they went out of their way th...
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Blackwell to unveil centers for archery, urban stream studiesAug 16, 2012 3:00 pm - Archery's popularity surged this spring when “The Hunger Games” and its bow-wielding heroine came to theaters. Then at this summer's Olympic Games in London, archery att...
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Mountain bikers want to build trails in two DuPage preservesAug 15, 2012 12:39 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve District officials are working with a mountain biking group that wants to build natural-surface trails in some area preserves. No decision...
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DuPage forest preserve wants consultant for in-depth finance reviewAug 15, 2012 9:00 am - DuPage County forest preserve officials plan to spend roughly $35,000 to hire a consulting firm to conduct an in-depth review of the district's finances. “Our motivation...
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Tractor lease to save DuPage Forest Preserve District moneyAug 14, 2012 12:17 pm - DuPage forest preserve officials Tuesday approved an agreement with agricultural-machinery manufacturer Case IH to lease roughly $200,000 worth of equipment for $1 a yea...
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Cronin, Pierotti quietly huddle, then scuttle county-forest mergerAug 13, 2012 6:00 pm - A topic of discussion during a recent secret, top-level meeting was the possible undoing of a decade-old split between the DuPage County Board and forest preserve commis...
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FBI joins probe of DuPage forest district contractsAug 02, 2012 2:00 pm - The FBI has joined an investigation into allegations that DuPage County Forest Preserve District contracts were steered to a Chicago-based technology firm, benefiting tw...
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Kline Creek Farm raising funds for storm recoveryJul 19, 2012 4:23 pm - Workers at Kline Creek Farm near West Chicago had only one hour left before roughly 500 visitors were set to arrive for an Independence Day celebration at the 1890s livi...
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DuPage Forest board to spend $175,000 on websiteJul 18, 2012 12:19 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve officials will spend nearly $175,000 to continue building an educational outreach website. The site, observeyourpreserve.org, launched ...