Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Fort Sheridan: A forest preserve with history and a viewSep 20, 2019 6:00 am - When renowned landscape designer O.C. Simonds (1855-1931) conceived plans for the Fort Sheridan Army base about 130 years ago, he meticulously merged military needs with...
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Sign up for third annual 5K Run Wild Race for Open Space Oct. 5Sep 19, 2019 11:00 pm - Sign up with family and friends, ages 5 or older, for the third annual Run Wild - Race for Open Space 5K on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Hickory Grove Highlands, 500 Hickory Nut...
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Northwest Suburban Astronomers to host star party in Marengo Oct. 5Sep 19, 2019 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Northwest Suburban Astronomers and the McHenry County Conservation District are holding a public star party at 6:15 p.m. at Marengo Ridge Conser...
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Kane Co. to open Settler's Hill cross-country course next summerSep 18, 2019 11:00 pm - Having overcome setbacks with drainage, design and a lack of dirt to create a cross-country course at the former Settler's Hill landfill in Geneva, Kane County officials...
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Construction begins on new clubhouse at rebuilt Oak Meadows courseSep 18, 2019 1:00 am - It's been exactly 3,855 days since a fire sparked by a lightning strike destroyed the Tudor-style clubhouse at what had been the Oak Meadows golf course in Addison. In t...
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Forest preserve restoring Spring Brook in BlackwellSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is continuing work on a large-scale restoration project along Spring Brook - a tributary of the West Branch of the DuPage R...
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See grasses in all their glory at a suburban tallgrass prairieSep 16, 2019 6:00 am - See grasses in all their glory at a suburban tallgrass prairie
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Ecologists continue to monitor Herrick Lake near Wheaton for harmful algal bloomSep 16, 2019 1:00 am - A harmful algal bloom first detected almost two weeks ago at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve near Wheaton is apparently subsiding. Water samples on Monday tested negative ...
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The how and why of removing buckthornSep 15, 2019 1:00 am - Learn the why and how of removing invasive buckthorn from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Hawthorn Woods village barn, 2 Lagoon Drive, off North Old McHenry Roa...
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Tourism spending hit record $1.43 billion in Lake County last yearSep 12, 2019 5:33 am - Visitors bureau reports county set a record in 2018