Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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Creek Bend Nature Center to hold learning program on butterfliesJun 20, 2013 11:23 am - Submitted by Forest Preserve District of Kane County Learn identification and ecology of native butterflies at Creek Bend Nature Center Saturday, June 29, with the Kane ...
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Group bike ride planned on Great Western TrailJun 17, 2013 8:16 am - Enjoy the sights and sounds of summer with a leisurely bike ride along the Great Western Trail Saturday, June 22, as part of the Nature Network. “The Nature Network” is...
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Rescue me - or not? Why you should leave wild animals beMay 31, 2013 3:53 pm - A minivan pulled up to the edge of a forest preserve at dusk. A woman hurried out of the car and furtively headed into the tall grass, carrying a box in her arms. In a m...
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Creek Bend Nature Center hosts its grand opening celebrationMay 30, 2013 3:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of Kane County invites you to its Creek Bend Nature Center's grand opening celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at LeRoy Oak...
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Settler's Hill redevelopment talk gearing up againMay 20, 2013 5:00 am - There hasn't been much public discussion of the major redevelopment plans for the 700-acre Fabyan Parkway/Settler's Hill campus owned by Kane County and the forest prese...
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Kane County law librarian loved to help othersMay 15, 2013 5:04 pm - Adella N. Wolff, a lifelong Elgin resident, former Kane County law librarian and wife to a former county board chairman, recently died at the age of 93. Wolff, who was ...
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Sugar Grove, Aurora, Kane parks agencies get state grantsMay 15, 2013 11:00 am - The Sugar Grove Park District, the Fox Valley Park District and the Kane County Forest Preserve District are each due to receive $400,000 from the state for building and...
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Look, but stay back from great horned owl babyApr 30, 2013 12:02 pm - A baby great horned owl is drawing spectators to the Fabyan Forest Preserve near the Japanese Garden on the west side. But curious viewers were getting too close to its ...
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Spring beauty wildflowers live up to their nameApr 24, 2013 1:08 pm - Native Illinois wildflower lives up to its name
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Elgin council OKs plan to split land between agenciesApr 10, 2013 11:00 pm - In just over a month or so, the former Fox River Country Day School property is expected to be divvied up among the city of Elgin, the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and...