Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Learn about spring flora April 30 at Norris WoodsApr 20, 2017 11:00 pm - Learn to identify spring wildflowers, which carpet the woodlands this time of year. Join Forest Preserve District of Kane County to learn the key characteristics of majo...
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Learn how to identify the largest trees in Kane County May 7Apr 20, 2017 11:00 pm - Illinois may be known as the Prairie State, but we've got some awesome trees, as well, and we need your help to locate them. On Sunday, May 7, help discover and document...
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Go green at Earth Day events in the Fox ValleyApr 18, 2017 11:00 pm - Earth Day is Saturday, April 22. Fox Valley residents are invited to celebrate spring in an environmentally conscious way by attending one of these events. Elgin Th...
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Maxxam drug-treatment center near Campton Hills takes step toward approvalApr 18, 2017 1:00 am - Plans to build a drug-treatment center just outside Campton Hills received the first favorable vote Tuesday in more than 15 months of debate. A pair of new factors and ...
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Summer concerts at Independence Grove begin June 13Apr 18, 2017 1:00 am - An eight-week summer music series will begin in June at Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville. The eight concerts will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays b...
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MCCD's Living History open house to focus on Civil War eraApr 17, 2017 11:00 pm - Step back in time to the 1850s and Civil War era at McHenry County Conservation District's Living History Open House from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at Glacial Par...
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Celebrate Earth Day with MCCD, Environmental DefendersApr 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Celebrate Mother Earth from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road in Crystal Lake, with the Environmental Defenders of M...
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Chorus frog calls herald arrival of springApr 13, 2017 11:00 pm - If seeing is believing, then I am, at long last, a believer. Every April I have followed the sound of chorus frogs to find the source. I have sat motionless on logs, st...
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Greene Valley overlook opens in May with views of hawks, ChicagoApr 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Visitors can see a soaring hawk, launch a model glider and check out the Chicago skyline from 190 feet above the ground at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County'...
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Learn about an early nature educator at MCCD programApr 13, 2017 11:00 pm - Join McHenry County Conservation District for a "Weekend of Restoration Women in Conservation - A Personal Story," on April 28-30, at Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glaci...