Articles filed under Lake County Forest Preserve District
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Forest district plans tunnel to connect Antioch Twp. preservesFeb 22, 2019 4:33 am - Forest preserve district signs contract to make plans for $4 million project
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Lake County Forest Preserves leader keeps an eye toward the futureFeb 18, 2019 10:00 pm - Alex Ty Kovach, executive director of the Lake County Forest Preserves, oversees one of the nation's top conservation agencies and the second largest forest preserve dis...
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Lake County Forest Preserves offers tools for educatorsFeb 12, 2019 12:00 am - Environmental educators from the Lake County Forest Preserves are offering a new initiative to area teachers for interactive science lessons in classrooms. Educator Loa...
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Campaign to weed out European buckthorn across the suburbsFeb 05, 2019 4:00 am - A public campaign against a pesky invader is being launched across the region. European buckthorn, an invasive plant that gobbles up valuable space and light wherever it...
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Go With The Flow: The evolution of Ethel's Woods Forest Preserve in AntiochFeb 04, 2019 10:00 pm - This column, by Public Affairs Manager Sue Hawkins, is reprinted from “Horizons,” the quarterly publication of the Lake County Forest Preserves. You can subscribe to rec...
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Website upgrade in progress for Lake County forest preserve districtFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - The painstaking process of converting the Lake County Forest Preserve District's website to make it more responsive to modern demands continues. "It's a work in progress...
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Tour the Adlai E. Stevenson homeFeb 01, 2019 12:00 am - Public tours of the Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home in Mettawa will be 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5. Visitors can drop in to celebrate Adlai E. Stevenson II Day i...
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Lake County forest preserves closed until FridayJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - All Lake County forest preserves, trails, offices, programs, and facilities, including the Dunn Museum in Libertyville and dog parks, will be closed through Thursday, Ja...
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20 things you might not know about the Lake County Forest PreservesJan 24, 2019 5:00 am - Having lived in Lake County for pretty much my entire life, I visit the forest preserves often, and thought I knew a lot about them. I am finding there is so much I did ...
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Can there be a suburban ice fishing season now?Jan 23, 2019 12:00 am - The familiar sight of ice fishermen silhouetted on lakes in northern Illinois has been missing this season as mild winter weather kept augers in the garage or sent angle...