Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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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
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Kane County Forest Preserve District director retires: 'This is what I was meant to do'Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - Since Monica Meyers took the helm of the Kane County Forest Preserve District in 2004, the preserves have more than tripled in size, from roughly 7,000 acres to 23,000 a...
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Miniature cathedrals exhibit featured at Dunn Museum in LibertyvilleDec 09, 2022 5:01 am - A special exhibition titled "Color and Light: Charles Warner's Miniature Cathedrals" is running through Jan. 8, 2023, at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum in Libertyville. The...
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Newly elected forest preserve district board sworn inDec 08, 2022 10:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's newly elected seven-member Board of Commissioners - all incumbents - took their oaths of office and determined how long e...