Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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What do you want at Fort Sheridan? Officials want to knowMay 11, 2012 10:40 am - With plans for a golf course now out of play, Lake County Forest Preserve District officials want to hear from you about what types of trails or other amenities should b...
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Kane County residents decry mountain bikingMay 09, 2012 11:22 am - Having already killed a plan to build a Ravinia-like concert venue, a group of Kane County residents who want elected officials to maintain the pristine nature of Fabyan...
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Forest district officials setting aside $15 million for land buysMay 08, 2012 3:55 pm - Lake County Forest Preserve District officials expect to spend $15 million on unspecified land purchases over the next fiscal year, a newly adopted budget shows. Officia...
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Forest board budget talk:May 07, 2012 5:35 pm - The Lake County Forest Preserve District board will meet Tuesday to approve a budget for the 2013 fiscal year. The session is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. or 30 minu...
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Help protect DuPage forests’ natural areasMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - The Daily Herald recently published a story on an individual’s training routine for the Spartan Death Race. Images showed the person chopping a tree, tossing a boulder a...
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Migratory Bird Day at Crabtree Nature CenterMay 04, 2012 3:00 pm - Witness the wonders of migration at International Migratory Bird Day at Crabtree Nature Center near Barrington Hills, from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 12. Spot beautifu...
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Kane forest preserve dishonest about gravel mining, report saysMay 04, 2012 12:00 pm - The consensus among current Kane County Forest Preserve District commissioners is against any gravel mining in Brunner Forest Preserve in Dundee Township. That stance wa...
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“Lost Prairie” exhibit opensMay 01, 2012 5:31 pm - Leading ecologist Steve Apfelbaum will discuss his part in the discovery of Buffalo Grove’s lost prairie at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Raupp Museum, 901 Dunham Lane, Buffal...
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DuPage forest board approves nature preserve areasMay 01, 2012 3:00 pm - Five DuPage County forest preserve areas will become Illinois Nature Preserves next week after commissioners unanimously approved a measure Tuesday to give the lands ext...
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Five DuPage holdings nominated as nature preservesApr 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Five forest preserve areas in DuPage County are nominated as Illinois State Nature Preserves, which could give them an extra layer of ecological protection. But some for...