Naperville Park District to host Wolf s Crossing Park ribbon cutting May 20 Wolf s Crossing Community Park feature Naperville Park District s first challenge course. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is set for Thursday, May 20. Courtesy of Naperville Park District
Posted5/10/2021 5:04 PM
Naperville Park District will celebrate the official opening of Wolf s Crossing Community Park with a ribbon-cutting event at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 20.
The community is invited to attend the ceremony and then explore the park s many features, including the new splash pad, which will be open, weather permitting.
As the park district s newest park, 33-acre Wolf s Crossing Community Park offers several new amenities, including the district s first challenge course, a multipurpose hill for sledding, running, climbing and other activities, a set of 4 pickleball courts, a nature play area and a splash pad, which opens for the first time this spring.
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An oak ecosystem restoration project proposed by the Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area, SRCD, will receive $1.1 million in funding over the next five years.
The Southern Illinois Oak Ecosystem Restoration project will allow for the targeted implementation of forest conservation practices on an estimated 4,000 acres of private land in Union, Alexander, Johnson, Pope and Hardin counties.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, announced the award on April 26 in a press release highlighting a national investment of $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships.
Projects will address climate change, improving the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhancing soil health, supporting wildlife habitat and protecting agricultural viability.
PEORIA Sometimes, construction work is for the birds.
The ongoing $167 million McClugage Bridge project will replace the 70-year-old eastbound span, with the grand opening likely in late 2022. After that, the old bridge built will come down anytime after Oct. 1 of that year and definitely before March 1 of the next.
Why that timetable? Ospreys.
The birds got there before construction crews and thus have first dibs on the current eastbound span.
In the spring of 2019, a pair of ospreys built a nest on an easternmost post of the eastbound span. The nest remains in the same spot, which would surprise no bird-watcher: Ospreys mate for life and tend to reuse their nests year after year.
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May 7, 2021 | 2:17 PM
(The Center Square) – An animal rights group is applauding a policy change by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources regarding feral cats that could save taxpayers money.
The IDNR no longer opposes “trap-neuter-return” feral cat programs on land now owned, managed or leased by the agency.
Ledy VanKavage, senior legislative attorney for Best Friends Animal Society, said the TNR program has the potential to save millions in taxpayer dollars.
“We believe that Illinois taxpayers deserve a program that is more animal friendly, most cost-effective, and one that reduces the burden and bureaucracy on local animal shelters,” VanKavage said.