Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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'This is the answer to climate change': How regenerative agriculture is restoring public landMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - Before his farming days, Cliff McConville worked in the Loop downtown for years, commuting to an array of jobs in the insurance industry from his home in Barrington Hill...
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100 years and counting: Geneva grotto thrives, thanks to restoration work by local volunteersMar 10, 2023 5:00 am - Vandals generally carry out their wasteful and costly attacks under the cover of darkness or in places where the chance of someone suddenly showing up during the crime i...
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Kane County Forest Preserve District plans archery range in Mill CreekMar 05, 2023 12:00 am - The Kane County Forest Preserve District will construct the county's first public archery range in Mill Creek Greenway Forest Preserve near Elburn, thanks in part to a $...
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Red-winged blackbirds are back in the area and sounding offMar 02, 2023 5:00 am - Sometimes I like to nerd out on a specific bird. The challenge is to learn something new, and I always do. Today's focus is the red-winged blackbird, a perfectly named h...
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Kane County Forest Preserve District offers internships, seasonal positionsFeb 20, 2023 10:00 pm - The Forest Preserve District of Kane County seeks applicants for 2023 summer-seasonal positions and internships. The following positions are available: campground attend...
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Suburban Skyview: Snow globe world encompases a group of dog walkersJan 28, 2023 12:00 am - Falling snow creates snow globe world in St. Charles
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Was Kane board member frozen out of committee assignments as political payback?Jan 15, 2023 12:00 am - Republican Mark Davoust has been on more than a dozen Kane County Board committees and named a chairman three times during his 18 years representing a St. Charles-area d...
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Kane County Forest Preserve District adds land to Stony Creek PreserveJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - The Kane County forest preserves grew by 52 acres Tuesday as commissioners approved a $1.1 million purchase of land known as the Neville property. The property is adjace...
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Kane County Forest Preserve District director retires: 'This is what I was meant to do'Dec 22, 2022 12:00 am - Since Monica Meyers took the helm of the Kane County Forest Preserve District in 2004, the preserves have more than tripled in size, from roughly 7,000 acres to 23,000 a...
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Sign up now for Little Saplings nature programsDec 05, 2022 10:00 pm - Registration is now open for the winter sessions of "Little Saplings," a fun nature program series for children ages 3 to 5, presented by the Forest Preserve District of...