Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Join the Youth Conservation CorpsMar 07, 2018 12:00 am - Recruitment is underway for the Youth Conservation Corps, a summer jobs program to employ high school youth in natural resources, construction, and park maintenance rela...
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Maple Sugaring Days a sure sign spring is comingMar 04, 2018 12:00 am - The sound of robins chirping in the backyard, baseball players getting ready for the long season ahead and later sunsets have some company as favorite signs of spring: M...
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Tapping trees, tasting sap in West Chicago farm to learn 1890s syrup storyMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - Move over Mrs. Butterworth's and kindly take a seat, Aunt Jemima. Residents from the suburbs and even Wisconsin got a front-row seat Saturday at the Kline Creek Farm in ...
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Glen Ellyn could lease McKee House site sooner than plannedMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - A plan to push up the starting date for Glen Ellyn to lease the McKee House and other buildings at Churchill Woods Forest Preserve could help preservationists trying to ...
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Public access planned for long-hidden Ethel's Woods Forest PreserveFeb 28, 2018 4:20 am - Work to provide public access to a panoramic but long hidden landscape near Antioch named after the founder of the Lake County Forest Preserve District is set to start n...
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Pedestrian bridge linking DuPage forest preserves earns honorsFeb 25, 2018 10:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County garnered two awards for its County Farm Road pedestrian bridge project in Hanover Park that connects Hawk Hollow and Mallar...
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Frog monitor training at Volo BogFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - The Calling Frog Survey, a training workshop for beginning and experienced monitors will be 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, at Volo Bog State Natural Area on Brandenburg Ro...
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Cougars say later curfew would ensure more fireworks showsFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - Residents who live near Northwestern Medicine Field, where the Kane County Cougars play, may endure the flashes and booms of fireworks a little later into their summer e...
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Forest Preserve District invites seniors out for leisurely strollsFeb 20, 2018 10:00 pm - Seniors, come along on a leisurely guided walk through natural areas in the Kane County forest preserves! Each month, naturalists with the Forest Preserve District of Ka...
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Park district weighs future of 50-year-old Lake Bluff Golf ClubFeb 19, 2018 4:30 am - During its 50-year history, Lake Bluff Golf Club has become a self-described "must-play" destination for area golfers and one of the few public facilities offering priva...