Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Why keeping Fox River Trail requires costly South Elgin land dealJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Keeping the popular Fox River Trail intact as a contiguous 40-mile attraction will cost Kane County taxpayers $540,000 in a pending new land purchase. The deal is a thre...
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Learn canoe skills at Independence GroveJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - You can learn tandem canoe skills at the Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville on Saturday, July 18. The Lake County Forest District will host the session...
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Go fishing near LibertyvilleJun 29, 2015 1:00 am - Have you wanted to try fishing but don't have the gear? Come to the Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville on Thursday. Forest district officials will supp...
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Civil War DaysJun 28, 2015 1:00 am - Lake County Forest Preserve District officials will hold the annual Civil War Days re-enactment July 11-12 at the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda. Activities will...
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Learn about the Fox River Corridor Plan at meetingJun 25, 2015 11:00 pm - Brian Daly, associate planner with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, will discuss the Fox River Corridor Plan at the next McHenry County Green Drinks from 5 ...
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Forest preserve opens $14.5 million Horizon Farms site to the publicJun 25, 2015 5:30 am - Horizon Farms, the nearly 400-acre former equestrian estate in Barrington Hills, was opened to the public by the Forest Preserves of Cook County this month, although som...
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Key trail connection nears in Libertyville TownshipJun 25, 2015 5:30 am - Libertyville Township is nearly ready to proceed with a long-sought trail extension to connect with a regional system. Besides a new section of trail heading north from ...
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Settler's Hill view inspires hope and doubt in Kane CountyJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Kane County Forest Preserve Commissioner Phil Lewis and a group of his fellow commissioners used SUVs and pickup trucks Thursday morning to reach the 150-foot summit of ...
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New art exhibit at BrushwoodJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - The opening reception for "Earthlings," the artwork of Margie Glass Sula, is set for 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, 21850 N. Rive...
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Official: Costs for Fox Bluff plan are 'too high'Jun 23, 2015 1:00 am - A master plan to restore and develop parts of the Fox Bluff Conservation Area in Cary has been approved, but the McHenry County Conservation District has to wait until r...