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Lake County Forest Preserves approves $66.8M budget
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA budget of $66.8 million for 2024 was approved by the Lake County Forest Preserves Board of Commissioners last week. About 59%, or $39,161,800, of the...
Waukegan airport runway proposal clears hurdle despite opposition
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Lake County Forest Preserves Board passed a resolution Tuesday approving a memorandum of agreement with the Waukegan Port District regarding a proposal to construct a new, extended runway ...
Billy, the 1,300-pound bison, escaped a Wauconda farm in September. It took a horse, a dog and a...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBilly, the wily bison that escaped a Wauconda farm and eluded capture for eight months, has finally been caught. Lake County Forest Preserves announced that the 1,300-pound bovine was “safely ...
News-Sun obtains preliminary environmental impact report for Waukegan airport runway extension ahead...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAhead of a potential public hearing this summer, the News-Sun has obtained a preliminary draft of an environmental assessment detailing possible impacts of a proposed runway extension project ...
Lake County residents can recycle Christmas trees; ‘Use that tree one more time to get the full...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEvergreen trees are an iconic symbol of Christmastime, especially decked in twinkling lights, tinsel and glittering ornaments. But what happens to the emblematic shrub after all the presents ...
Illinois cicadas, loud but harmless, expected to make historic emergence in mid- to late May
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIn a restored savanna habitat behind the Lake Forest College science center, professor Sean Menke...
Openlands Lakeshore Preserve in Highland Park may soon reopen; ‘I look forward to walking on the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoClosed for more than two years, the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve may reopen this summer as the Lake County Forest Preserves District prepares to take ownership of the 77-acre preserve along ...
Bug haters, beware: After 200 years, the cicadas are here by the trillions
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA rare phenomenon that hasn’t occurred since Thomas Jefferson was in the White House is set to take...
Internal Waukegan airport document shows corporations requested runway extension, Lake County...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLake County environmentalists opposed to the sale of 52 acres of forest preserve land to make room for a Waukegan National Airport runway extension say an internal “forecast” shows the project ...
Major crimes probing death of man injured at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve, found on Highland Park...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe body of a man who suffered fatal injuries at Lake Forest’s Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve was...