Articles filed under Lake County Forest Preserve District
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Core of Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda to close for $5.1 million upgrade
May 15, 2023 5:43 PM - The first projects in a master plan to increase efficiency and conservation and reduce operating costs at the Lakewood Forest Preserve east of Wauconda are about to get underway. -
'Look and feel of those ancient forests': Lake County's St. Francis Woods joins national network
May 11, 2023 6:18 AM - St. Francis Woods, an 80-acre forest on the north end of the Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville, has been inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network, the first in northern Illinois. -
Grab your canoe, kayak or paddleboard and float around Lake County
May 5, 2023 6:00 AM - We live most of our lives on dry land. But there are benefits to leaving solid earth behind and paddling some of the lakes and rivers flowing through Lake County. -
All-electric cargo vans a first for Lake County Forest Preserve District
Apr 13, 2023 5:30 AM - The Lake County Forest Preserve District has expanded its green footprint beyond passenger vehicles with the addition of three all-electric cargo vans and other equipment. -
$11 million restoration at Raven Glen should help ease flooding
Mar 17, 2023 5:21 AM - A pending project will return much of the land at Raven Glen Forest Preserve to its orginal state as part of continuing efforts to restore ecosystems and ease flooding along 67 miles of the Des Plaines River watershed. -
Two charged in with second-degree murder in fatal confrontation at Fort Sheridan
Mar 16, 2023 8:11 PM - Two men have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the September 2022 death of a man at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve, officials announced Thursday. -
Free admission to Bess Bower Dunn Museum in Libertyville with food donationMar 15, 2023 4:39 PM - The Bess Bower Dunn Museum will celebrate its fifth anniversary in Libertyville with a free admission food drive between March 25 and April 2.
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Lake County Forest Preserve's raptor is back homeMar 14, 2023 11:15 PM - After missing for five days, Lake County Forest Preserves' educational ambassador, a red-tailed hawk, was back home Tuesday afternoon. The federally-protected raptor was spotted by a Forest Preserve volunteer on a six-foot high tree stump near the hawk's home at Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods, Lake County Forest Preserve officials said in a Facebook post.
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Forest preserve district seeks help in locating its educational ambassador, a red-tailed hawk
Mar 13, 2023 5:57 PM - Lake County Forest Preserve District officials are asking for the public's help in locating their educational ambassador, a red-tailed hawk that has been missing since late last week. -
Learn how to turn sap into syrup
Mar 6, 2023 1:53 PM - For more than 40 years, educators and volunteers at the Lake County Forest Preserves have led popular Maple Syrup Hikes through Ryerson Conservation Area in Riverwoods. Each March, families, school groups and Scouts learn about the process of converting sap from the preserve's towering sugar maple trees into sweet syrup.
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