Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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Birth of a trail: Different agencies team up to choose site, survey and come up with plan for new biking trailApr 11, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. Part 1 ran March 28. In part three, CAMBr volunteers build the trail. In 2015, the Chic...
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Birth of a Trail: Chicago Area Mountain Bikers prove reliable to help get trails built in area preservesApr 04, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the first article of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. In part 2, CAMBr sets its sights on another Cook County trail. Seven years, 4,00...
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Good News Sunday: How a lost shoe sparked a viral sensation and search in SchaumburgMar 19, 2023 6:00 am - Good News Sunday: How a lost shoe sparked a viral sensation and search in Schaumburg
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Kane County forest preserve may once again become home to bisonMar 15, 2023 1:00 am - It's been 200 hundred years since bison roamed the prairies of Kane County, but a new plan to reintroduce them into a local forest preserve may turn back the clock. Kane...
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Kane County Cougars agree to pay past-due license fees to remain in Geneva stadiumMar 14, 2023 1:00 am - The Kane County Cougars were in danger of having their 2024 season canceled due to unpaid licensing fees to the Kane County Forest Preserve District in 2021 to lease Nor...
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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...