Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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Learn about snakes in forest preserve programJul 12, 2015 11:00 pm - Learn about the fascinating lives of scaled and legless creatures during this naturalist guided program by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. The group will se...
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Elburn could get money for bike bridge in forest district dealJul 02, 2015 1:00 am - Elburn will allow the Kane County Forest Preserve District to relocate one of its departments into the village if the district helps pay for a bicycle bridge over the Un...
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Why keeping Fox River Trail requires costly South Elgin land dealJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Keeping the popular Fox River Trail intact as a contiguous 40-mile attraction will cost Kane County taxpayers $540,000 in a pending new land purchase. The deal is a thre...
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Learn about the Fox River Corridor Plan at meetingJun 25, 2015 11:00 pm - Brian Daly, associate planner with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, will discuss the Fox River Corridor Plan at the next McHenry County Green Drinks from 5 ...
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Settler's Hill view inspires hope and doubt in Kane CountyJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Kane County Forest Preserve Commissioner Phil Lewis and a group of his fellow commissioners used SUVs and pickup trucks Thursday morning to reach the 150-foot summit of ...
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Take a hike along Fabyan's Fox River June 24Jun 21, 2015 11:00 pm - GENEVA, Ill. - Take a naturalist-guided hike along the Fox River shoreline to celebrate the Fabyan Windmill's centennial season of events on Wednesday, June 24. Learn ab...
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Celebrate Pollinator Week in Kane CountyJun 16, 2015 11:00 pm - Celebrate National Pollinator Week by joining the Forest Preserve District of Kane County at the Dick Young Forest Preserve in Batavia. The celebration will take place ...
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Historic status sought for Frank Lloyd Wright farmhouse in Kane CountyJun 15, 2015 5:30 am - A Kane County property recently targeted for ComEd power lines may now end up on the National Register of Historic Places. The Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council o...
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Forest preserve district wants Elburn business siteJun 13, 2015 7:30 am - The Kane County Forest Preserve District wants to use the former Patten Rental business in Elburn as its new natural resources work facility, but village officials are n...
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Worth sneezing for: The importance of pollen and pollinatorsJun 13, 2015 7:00 am - Pollen is a tiny plant structure with a hugely important job. It's a plant's way of making more plants. Some plants can reproduce without pollination, but the result is...