Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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New restrooms coming to some Cook County forest preservesNov 05, 2013 9:53 am - Installation has begun on the first of 10 new permanent toilet buildings for the Forest Preserves of Cook County. The restroom at the Bremen Grove Forest Preserve in sou...
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Cook forest preserve engineer charged in kickback plotOct 31, 2013 12:40 pm - A former Cook County Forest Preserve District engineer faces federal bribery charges for, prosecutors say, accepting $10,000 in kickbacks for work performed at two distr...
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County wants feedback on Rolling Knolls development planOct 30, 2013 2:49 pm - The Forest Preserves of Cook County will be hosting a community open houses for Rolling Knolls 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Rolling Knolls parking lot at 11N...
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Danada Equestrian Center soon to be under new managementOct 28, 2013 1:51 pm - The DuPage County Forest Preserve District soon will begin its search for only the third site manager in the Danada Equestrian Center’s history. The need for a new manag...
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Wehrli joins DuPage Forest Preserve president raceOct 24, 2013 6:06 pm - For the first time in 20 years, an incumbent DuPage County Forest Preserve president is not seeking re-election and the vacancy is drawing interest from at least half of...
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Forest preserve happy with director search, despite missing deadlineOct 22, 2013 5:49 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve officials have all but assured they will not name a new executive director by their self-imposed Nov. 1 target date. Commissioners emerged ...
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Rosie and June considered members of Danada family, will say putOct 22, 2013 2:26 pm - Since their retirement earlier this year, Danada Equestrian Center’s bonded pair of draft horses, Rosie and June, have been the subject of adoption rumors and “should th...
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Conserve Lake County names new leaderyOct 22, 2013 12:25 pm - After a months-long search, Conserve Lake County recently hired Jim McConoughey of Janesville, Wis., to serve as president of the 18-year-old nonprofit conservation grou...
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Eagle Scout candidate builds fish cribs for forest preserve lakesOct 18, 2013 5:03 pm - Fishermen who flocked to Axehead Lake in Park Ridge for the start of trout fishing season on Saturday, Oct. 19, found some new hot spots where the recently stocked fish ...
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McHenry County Conservation district to hold final Trail of History eventOct 17, 2013 12:03 pm - If you’ve never looked out over the crest in McHenry County’s Glacial Park into a valley of pioneer-era encampments, the 25th anniversary Trail of History is not the one...