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.
In 2016, the world’s largest public collection of postcards and related materials, the Curt Teich Postcard Archives, was given to the Newberry Library by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. Katherine Hamilton-Smith, the founding curator of the Teich Archives, will present a look at the documentary power and significance of picture postcards. She will discuss […]
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.
Public review regarding the potential sale of Lake County Forest Preserve property needed for a proposed $186 million safety improvement project at Waukegan National Airport now is pending after overwhelming support to get the process moving.
The alleged owner of a 1,300-pound bison, which was on the loose for months in the Wauconda area, was found not guilty at trial after he was charged in connection with the animal's escape.