Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Free admission to Bess Bower Dunn Museum in Libertyville with food donationMar 15, 2023 1:00 am - The Bess Bower Dunn Museum will offer free admission with the donation of a nonperishable food item or toiletry to celebrate its fifth anniversary in Libertyville betwee...
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Kane County forest preserve may once again become home to bisonMar 15, 2023 1:00 am - It's been 200 hundred years since bison roamed the prairies of Kane County, but a new plan to reintroduce them into a local forest preserve may turn back the clock. Kane...
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Lake County Forest Preserve's raptor is back homeMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - After going missing for five days, Lake County Forest Preserves' educational ambassador, a red-tailed hawk, was back home Tuesday afternoon. The federally protected rapt...
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Kane County Cougars agree to pay past-due license fees to remain in Geneva stadiumMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - The Kane County Cougars were in danger of having their 2024 season canceled due to unpaid licensing fees to the Kane County Forest Preserve District in 2021 to lease Nor...
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'This is the answer to climate change': How regenerative agriculture is restoring public landMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - Before his farming days, Cliff McConville worked in the Loop downtown for years, commuting to an array of jobs in the insurance industry from his home in Barrington Hill...
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Lake County Board might endorse using Route 53 right of way as greenwayMar 13, 2023 5:30 am - The Lake County Board will consider supporting the concept of preserving land once reserved for the extension of Route 53 as a green corridor. The resolution up for acti...
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Forest preserve district seeks help in locating its educational ambassador, a red-tailed hawkMar 13, 2023 1:00 am - Lake County Forest Preserve District officials are asking for the public's help in locating their educational ambassador, a red-tailed hawk that has been missing since l...
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100 years and counting: Geneva grotto thrives, thanks to restoration work by local volunteersMar 10, 2023 5:00 am - Vandals generally carry out their wasteful and costly attacks under the cover of darkness or in places where the chance of someone suddenly showing up during the crime i...
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Learn how to turn sap into syrupMar 05, 2023 10:00 pm - For more than 40 years, educators and volunteers at the Lake County Forest Preserves have led popular Maple Syrup Hikes through Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. ...
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Kane County Forest Preserve District plans archery range in Mill CreekMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - The Kane County Forest Preserve District will construct the county's first public archery range in Mill Creek Greenway Forest Preserve near Elburn, thanks in part to a $...