Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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Enjoy a Winter Wildlife Hike through Burnidge Forest PreserveFeb 07, 2014 12:01 am - See the beauty of winter during the "Winter Wildlife Hike" at Burnidge Forest Preserve in Elgin on Sunday, Jan. 29. There are many kinds of animals that brave the Illin...
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Learn about 'Wildflowers in the Winter' at Senior Stroll programFeb 07, 2014 12:01 am - While it's cold outside, area seniors are invited inside the Barbara Belding Lodge at Brewster Creek Forest Preserve in St. Charles to learn about "Wildflowers in the Wi...
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Discover morels during nature programmFeb 06, 2014 10:00 pm - Discover morels, an early spring mushroom, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve, 35W076 Villa Marie Road in St. Charles. Natural...
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Watch the Firefly Fireworks at Campton Forest PreserveFeb 06, 2014 10:00 pm - Have you ever wondered how a glow worm glows, or why a lightning bug lights, or if a firefly light is hot to the touch? Learn the answers and more as you explore the fas...
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Teens invited to learn wilderness survival skillsFeb 06, 2014 10:00 pm - Do you have what it takes to "tough it" in the wilderness? Join the "Survival Skills" nature program from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 2, to find out. During this n...
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Longtime Pioneer Sholes volunteers honoredJan 20, 2014 12:11 pm - Hazel and Art Clauter of Geneva have spent more than 30 years in a one-room schoolhouse. But not as students or teachers. The Clauters, now in their 90s, are longtime vo...
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Tree and brush thinning to begin at Freeman KameJan 20, 2014 7:03 am - A tree and brush-thinning project will get under way at Freeman Kame Forest Preserve near Gilberts the week of Jan. 27. This project is part of a multiyear effort to imp...
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100 years later: Lessons we can learn from the passenger pigeonJan 20, 2014 5:00 am - Lessons we can learn from the extinction of the passenger pigeon
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Kane officials oppose ComEd’s proposed power line pathJan 15, 2014 3:42 pm - Kane County officials signaled Wednesday they will oppose the primary route ComEd envisions for power lines and towers associated with the new Grand Prairie Gateway proj...
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Seniors invited to join walks through Kane County forest preservesJan 14, 2014 12:36 pm - Submitted by Forest Preserve District of Kane County The Forest Preserve District of Kane County invites area seniors to join us for the monthly “Senior Stroll” program ...