Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Revised Fabyan site plan has just one mountain biking trailSep 12, 2012 1:00 pm - The east woods of Fabyan Forest Preserve stayed in, but one of two mountain biking trails is out of the concept plan for developing a recreational complex on the site of...
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Kane County OKs cost study for Fabyan ideaSep 12, 2012 12:00 pm - The Kane County Board on Tuesday hired a firm to figure out the fiscal impact of developing a recreational complex at the old jail site and Settler’s Hill landfill in Ge...
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Fiestas Patrias at GreenbeltSep 11, 2012 5:16 pm - Celebrate independence for Mexico and Central American countries, including Belize, Honduras and Guatemala, at Fiestas Patrias from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at a fre...
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Forest preserve set to cooperate with Addison access roadSep 11, 2012 12:53 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve officials are poised to allow Addison to use forest preserve land for a temporary access road that some residents have opposed. The distric...
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Lake County forest board inks $438,000 land deals to expand Lake Carina, Independence Grove preservesSep 11, 2012 12:33 pm - Two Lake County forest preserves will get some extra acreage under land deals approved Tuesday. One purchase adds 9.5 acres to the Lake Carina Forest Preserve near Gurne...
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Volunteers needed to clean beach near Highland ParkSep 07, 2012 12:54 pm - Help clean a nearly 1-mile stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve near Highland Park from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 15. Volunteers wil...
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Join birding experts at Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State ParkSep 07, 2012 12:50 pm - Lake-to-Prairie is hosting a field trip at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Adelein Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park in Zion. Participants should meet at the visitor...
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Egrets and herons fish in the Fox RiverSep 07, 2012 12:46 pm - They stand motionless in the river, statues of pure white, pillars of slate gray. Eyes fixed on the water. Watching. Waiting. These still-as-stone creatures are egrets a...
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Veterans Conservation Corps hopes to heal people, landSep 07, 2012 10:00 am - First Chicago-area project is Saturday in Batavia
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DuPage forest district sues to recoup fundsSep 06, 2012 9:41 am - The day after two ex-employees were charged with scamming the DuPage Forest Preserve District out of more than $150,000, the district filed a civil suit Thursday seeking...