Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Paddle on Sterling Lake in forest preserve eventAug 05, 2012 5:43 pm - You can take a nighttime paddleboat ride on Van Patten Woods’ Sterling Lake in a special program being offered Aug. 29 by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. The T...
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Learn about bison at Lake County forest preserveAug 03, 2012 12:56 pm - You can learn about the return of bison to Illinois and prairie restoration in a program at the Ryerson Woods Forest Preserve near Deerfield on Aug. 18. The program will...
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Record year for tourism in Lake CountyAug 02, 2012 5:47 pm - Visitor spending in Lake County set a record in 2011 at $1.13 billion, according to figures released this week by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opport...
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FBI joins probe of DuPage forest district contractsAug 02, 2012 2:00 pm - The FBI has joined an investigation into allegations that DuPage County Forest Preserve District contracts were steered to a Chicago-based technology firm, benefiting tw...
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Wildlife officials caution: 'Turtle Crossing' this summerAug 02, 2012 1:00 pm - The summer's drought has led turtles living in Lake County's Cuba Marsh to cross the road to get to the other side, where water is a little more plentiful. Many, however...
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Helping animals through hard times: Fox Valley Wildlife CenterJul 30, 2012 2:38 pm - “You get used to the smell,” say volunteers at the Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn. Odor is the first thing that hits when walking into the two-bedroom farmhouse, n...
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Input sought on improvements to Fox Bluff Conservation Area in CaryJul 28, 2012 10:43 am - Submitted by McHenry County Conservation District McHenry County Conservation District is accepting public comments on improvements being planned for Fox Bluff Conservat...
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Lake County Forest Preserve District program lets students trying kayakingJul 27, 2012 2:00 pm - A group of seventh- and eighth-grade students can include kayaking when they list what they did on their summer vacation. The students participated in the Lake County Fo...
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Waste Management, Illinois EPA also must OK plansJul 27, 2012 5:30 am - Both the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Waste Management must sign off on any redevelopment plans for Settler’s Hill landfill and the surrounding 700-acre ...
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Quinn in Lake County to sign laws dealing with water conservation, other environmental measuresJul 26, 2012 5:57 pm - The Ryerson Welcome Center in Deerfield, opened in 2006 by the Lake County Forest Preserve District as a model for environmental design, was to have included use of stor...