Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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McHenry County woman uses area trails to train sled dogsJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - For dogs that want to race, "they have to love running more than they love you," Hebron resident and dog trainer Hanna Kowal said. Now 22, Kowal has been training her do...
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Long-awaited second part of a shoreline stabilization on Long Lake will proceedJan 19, 2023 4:30 am - About 1,200 feet of the Long Lake shoreline in Ingleside will be stabilized and an erosion-damaged canoe launch at the Grant Woods Forest Preserve replaced, bringing to ...
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Stevenson Center on Democracy closes the book on its historic meeting placeJan 18, 2023 4:30 am - Another chapter in the storied history of one of Illinois' and Lake County's best-known political families has ended. The Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy, founded in...
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McHenry County Conservation District adds 49 acres in 'high-quality' areaJan 15, 2023 12:00 am - The Clean Energy Community Foundation has awarded the McHenry County Conservation District a $223,500 grant to acquire 40 acres near McHenry. The property, south of Ring...
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Was Kane board member frozen out of committee assignments as political payback?Jan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Republican Mark Davoust has been on more than a dozen Kane County Board committees and named a chairman three times during his 18 years representing a St. Charles-area d...
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Kane County Forest Preserve District adds land to Stony Creek PreserveJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - The Kane County forest preserves grew by 52 acres Tuesday as commissioners approved a $1.1 million purchase of land known as the Neville property. The property is adjace...
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With legal battle over, Horizon Farm fully reopens to publicJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - A spacious forest preserve in Barrington Hills that once was the focus of a legal battle between its former owners and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County has fu...
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Horizon Farm now fully open for hiking, biking, equestrian useJan 05, 2023 10:00 pm - The Forest Preserves of Cook County has fully opened Horizon Farm preserve in Barrington Hills for public use, including the introduction of several official trails avai...
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Snowmobile safety education course Jan. 14 in Lake VillaJan 02, 2023 12:00 am - A snowmobile safety education course will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan 14, at the Lake County Forest Preserve District's operations and public safety buil...
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Special windows at forest district's new education center will be a lifesaver for birdsDec 26, 2022 4:00 am - Lake forest district wants to keep them safe at new education center