Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Cook County trout season opens April 4:Mar 20, 2015 1:00 am - Rainbow trout season opens at sunrise April 4 in Axehead and Belleau lakes in Des Plaines-Park Ridge, Sag Quarry East in Lemont and Green Lake in Calumet City. The Cook ...
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River Trail Nature Center holds maple syrup celebrationMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - River Trail Nature Center will host its annual maple syrup celebration 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, at 3120 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Northbrook. As daytime temperatur...
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St. Charles, other park projects in limbo as state suspends grantsMar 14, 2015 7:45 am - Suspended state grants leave districts in funding lurch
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Mundelein, Winthrop Harbor park projects on hold due to halted grantsMar 14, 2015 7:31 am - State grants for Mundelein, Winthrop Harbor among those on hold
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Little Naturalists program begins in Kane CountyMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Lions, lambs, nature babies and salamanders will be the themes for spring nature programs for preschoolers from the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. In "Nature T...
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Pedestrian bridge planned near forest preserve in RosemontMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - Rosemont and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County are planning to install a pedestrian bridge over the Des Plaines River to connect Bryn Mawr Road to the Des Plai...
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Children learn about woolly mammoths at Lake County Discovery MuseumMar 11, 2015 1:00 am - Young children looked wide-eyed as a large woolly mammoth tusk was passed around for each of their little hands to touch during the Woolly Mammoths & Mighty Mastodons pr...
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DuPage neutral on eliminating forest preserve boardMar 10, 2015 1:00 am - The DuPage County Board won't lobby for or against a proposed state law that would eliminate the elected board that oversees the forest preserve district. Instead, Chair...
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Enjoy maple syrup hikes at Ryerson WoodsMar 08, 2015 11:00 pm - It's maple syrup time in Lake County and a chance to learn how sap from the sugar maple tree is turned into maple syrup here in Lake County. Families and groups can once...
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Contempt or admiration? How suburbanites view the wolfMar 08, 2015 11:00 pm - The body of a large dog was found at the side of a road near Morris, Illinois, on Feb. 13. Dogs hit by cars don't usually make the news. But this dog looked an awful lot...