Articles filed under Lake County Forest Preserve District
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Special delivery of trees will help restore Libertyville-area preserveOct 06, 2017 1:00 am - The 125 trees delivered Friday to Libertyville Township's newest nature preserve are small, but they will play a big role in restoring the landscape to what settlers mig...
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Work on new Lake County museum nearing finish lineOct 05, 2017 5:00 am - Work on the Lake County Forest Preserve District's renamed, relocated and retooled museum is in the homestretch. District officials have been dropping reminders of the u...
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Learn about bat monitoring in Lake CountyOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - Melissa Alderson, environmental educator for the Lake County Forest Preserve District, will discuss the district's Acoustic Bat Monitoring Program from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Su...
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How to help Rollins Savanna in GrayslakeSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - Volunteers are invited to a restoration work day from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve in Grayslake. Volunteers should dress in...
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Hawthorn Woods' new preserve hailed as 'land that time forgot'Sep 26, 2017 5:30 am - An effort in Hawthorn Woods to provide a habitat for migrating monarch butterflies led to the revelation of a hidden natural area that soon will be shared with the publi...
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New Lake County bridge brings vision closer to realitySep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Early last Saturday, a 220-foot-long steel bridge was skillfully lifted and set in place as the key element of a longtime vision to connect two Lake County forest preser...
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Taylor to seek third term on Lake County BoardSep 07, 2017 1:00 am - Lake County Board Member Craig Taylor has announced he will seek reelection to a third term representing the county's 19th District. The Lake Zurich resident says he wan...
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Public access to 'breathtaking' Ethel's Woods preserve getting closerSep 05, 2017 5:30 am - To drivers on Route 45 near Antioch, Ethel's Woods Forest Preserve has looked exactly the same for 16 years - an open field fronting a distant canopy of trees. It was th...
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Will biking ban at Grassy Lake Forest Preserve be lifted?Sep 01, 2017 1:00 am - A proposed change in a long-standing agreement could allow bicyclists on the trails at the Grassy Lake Forest Preserve near Lake Barrington for the first time in 28 year...
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Nature walk with a literary twist at RyersonAug 31, 2017 1:00 am - Children and parents marched and read their way through the Edward L Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods on Thursday as part of a nature program called Trail Tales. ...