Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Birth of a trail: Different agencies team up to choose site, survey and come up with plan for new biking trailApr 11, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. Part 1 ran March 28. In part three, CAMBr volunteers build the trail. In 2015, the Chic...
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Birth of a Trail: Chicago Area Mountain Bikers prove reliable to help get trails built in area preservesApr 04, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first article of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. In part 2, CAMBr sets its sights on another Cook County trail. Seven years, 4,00...
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Wildflowers with funny names are popping up in springMar 30, 2023 6:00 am - Contrary to the title, I won't be dissecting any animals for this story. Instead, I want visit the early blooming flowers that decorate the forest floor. Four years ago...
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Good News Sunday: How a lost shoe sparked a viral sensation and search in SchaumburgMar 19, 2023 6:00 am - Good News Sunday: How a lost shoe sparked a viral sensation and search in Schaumburg
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$11 million restoration at Raven Glen should help ease floodingMar 17, 2023 5:00 am - In the middle of the last century, the southern portion of what is now the Raven Glen Forest Preserve near Antioch was a renowned dairy operation consisting mostly of ro...
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Two charged in with second-degree murder in fatal confrontation at Fort SheridanMar 16, 2023 1:00 am - Two men have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the September 2022 death of a man at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve, officials announced Thursday. ...
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State grants will make The Hollows in Cary more accessible for allMar 16, 2023 1:00 am - Two Illinois Department of Natural Resources grants will help make The Hollows in Cary and Lake Atwood more accessible to everyone, a McHenry County Conservation Distric...
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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...