Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Golfers invited to take part in wildlife countMay 02, 2016 11:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County invites golfers at Maple Meadows and Green Meadows golf courses to record their wildlife sightings as part of Audubon Inter...
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Seniors invited on May 5 walk at Tomo Chi-Chi KnollsMay 02, 2016 11:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of Kane County invites area seniors to join a free monthly "Senior Stroll" program. On the first Thursday of each month, naturalists lead a...
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Forest district offers free wood chipsMay 02, 2016 11:00 pm - Forest Preserve District of DuPage County The public is invited to pick up free wood chips from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Native Plant Nursery at Blackwe...
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District tests for fungus deadly to amphibiansMay 02, 2016 11:00 pm - Every day for seven weeks in the spring, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County ecologist Dan Thompson and a few volunteers don hip waders and scour select marshy are...
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Lester: IHSA lacks guidelines on coaching abuseMay 02, 2016 4:00 am - It's been about 40 years since the sexual abuse several former Yorkville High School wrestlers say occurred when they were alone with their coach, Dennis Hastert, after ...
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Preservationist questions Discovery Museum relocationApr 29, 2016 11:00 pm - Lake Barrington resident Nancy Schumm realizes the horse is out of the barn, so to speak, but she plans to ask officials to reconsider moving the Lake County Discovery M...
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Lake County forest board weighing $71.9 million budgetApr 29, 2016 1:00 am - Lake County Forest Preserve District officials plan to spend about $71.9 million during the next fiscal year, a significant drop from the current year's $95.1 millio...
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Kane County bow hunting to continue, possibly expandApr 29, 2016 1:00 am - Hunters love it. Deer fans hate it. Kane County Forest Preserve District commissioners believe continuing a bow hunting program in local forest preserves, and perhaps ex...
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Documentary on Cook County Forest Preserves airs May 15Apr 29, 2016 1:00 am - "Chicago's True Nature: The Forest Preserves of Cook County," a one-hour documentary that explores the natural wonders and history of the Forest Preserves of Cook County...
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Camp out in a Kane County forest preserveApr 27, 2016 11:00 pm - Make plans to "camp local" this year, with the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. You don't have to drive far or spend a fortune to experience camping - it's avai...