Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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Forest preserve series looks at bald eaglesDec 29, 2014 10:00 pm - With a wing span of more than six feet, bald eagles can be hard to miss. Forest Preserve District of Kane County naturalists will teach participants about the bald eagle...
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Meet for New Year's Day nature walk at Creek BendDec 22, 2014 10:00 pm - Area seniors are invited to a gathering at a Kane County Forest Preserve on the first Thursday of each month, during the "Senior Stroll" nature program series. In Januar...
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Gather around the campfire to mark winter solsticeDec 17, 2014 6:01 am - Gather around the campfire as the sun sets on Sunday, Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year. The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will hold its annual Winter Sol...
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What's it like to work for the forest preserve district?Dec 11, 2014 10:00 pm - "I want your job!" said the twenty-something barista as I ordered my latte at the drive-up window. Not two hours earlier, a woman at the local farmers market had said, ...
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New Kane panel leader not sold on Settler's Hill cross country trackDec 10, 2014 12:01 am - It's been four months since the Kane County Board decided to spend $200,000 for the initial engineering and study of a cross country facility at the former Settler's Hil...
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Recycle Christmas tree lights at Kane eventDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - Christmas tree lights not working? Dispose of them responsibly at the Kane County Recycles event from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday Dec. 13, at 540 S. Randall Road, St. Cha...
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Kane County gets new forest district leader amid political wranglingDec 09, 2014 12:00 am - Kane County Forest Preserve District commissioners Tuesday selected Mike Kenyon as the district's president, ending the reign of the longest-serving president in the dis...
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Model railroad club invites kids to operate trainsNov 16, 2014 10:00 pm - Watching trains run around a large HO model railroad layout is fun, but what's even more fun is having a chance to operate the trains yourself. At the 65th annual Valle...
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Love the outdoors? Become a Kane County Certified NaturalistNov 14, 2014 4:01 pm - Register now for certified naturalist program
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ComEd Grand Prairie approval to shutter Burlington businessNov 12, 2014 4:30 am - As a clinical social worker, Deborah Hirschberg knows the stages of grief well. She began to live the stages herself when plans for ComEd's Grand Prairie Gateway threate...