Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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Enjoy extended, guided hikes during 'Trek with a Naturalist'Nov 20, 2017 10:00 pm - Get your daily 10,000 steps in, during guided hikes with Forest Preserve District of Kane County naturalists. Each month, district staff lead an invigorating two-hour hi...
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How to become a Kane County Certified NaturalistNov 16, 2017 10:00 pm - How to become a Kane County Certified Naturalist
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Volunteer to be a certified naturalist with Kane County programNov 07, 2017 10:00 pm - Learn about Kane County's fastest-growing, nature education program for adults - the Kane County Certified Naturalist program. Attend a free informational session to fin...
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Forest preserve district plans upcoming prescribed burnsOct 31, 2017 11:00 pm - When is fire a good thing? When it's a carefully controlled, prescribed burn in your local Kane County forest preserves. Each spring and fall, the Forest Preserve Distri...
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Deer culling to continue in Kane County even as disease dropsOct 27, 2017 5:00 am - State officials could cull a record number of deer from Kane County forest preserves in 2018, even as the number of deer tested for chronic wasting disease has declined....
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How burs disperse seeds in fallOct 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Picked up any hitchhikers lately? Chances are you've picked up more than a few if you've walked in the woods recently. The hitchhikers in question are seeds - or burs -...
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Kane forest preserve levy rises, but not tax billsOct 13, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County Forest Preserve District commissioners this week increased the property tax levy by the maximum amount for the second straight year. The move comes in respon...
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Volunteer group to run Settler's Hill cross country trackOct 12, 2017 1:00 am - Former landfill will be home to course by August 2019
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Volunteer at habitat restoration work day Oct. 28Oct 08, 2017 11:00 pm - A habitat restoration work day will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 28, at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve in Sugar Grove. Seed gathering and distribution will b...
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Celebrate fall during 'Harvest of the Acorn Moon' Oct. 8Oct 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Looking for a fun way to kick off the fall season? Bring your family and friends out to Oakhurst Forest Preserve in Aurora on Sunday, Oct. 8, to celebrate the beginning...