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Strange, smelly sign of spring
Antsy for spring? Stop impatiently tapping your hiking boots. The first wildflowers of spring are out. Behold the skunk cabbage. It is one of the earliest and oddest. "It's not very attractive as far as flowers go," said Brian Winters, associate...
Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Wildflowers, Northbrook, Cabbage, Science and Technology
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Thanksgiving relief a walk through the park
Turkey? Check. Stuffing? Check. Brisk walk through the woods? Put that on your holiday list too. A hike in a peaceful forest preserve is a glorious Thanksgiving tradition, at least in our family. It gets you out of the kitchen. It gives you a...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Spring Creek, Lifestyle and Leisure, State Parks, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois)
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Honor system parking: Can it work?
Change of SubjectThe Sun-Times reports that, starting Saturday, visitors to the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe will be asked to pay $5 extra to park if they're not residents of Cook County -- so $25 for a passenger car instead of the...... -
Ex-lead singer of Barenaked Ladies headlining Jewish festival
TribLocal - Des Plaines » NewsThe former lead singer of Barenaked Ladies will headline the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival in Morton Grove, which will also offer children's activities, dance performances, …... -
Bald eagle family lures bird-watchers to Cook County forest preserve
TribLocal - Orland Park » NewsOn a small stretch of road in southwest suburban Palos Township, a steady stream of birders and nature lovers clambered on the rocky terrain last …... -
Food truck operators, beekeepers prepare for new Glenview ordinance regulating their activities
TribLocal - Glenview » NewsA proposed health ordinance regulating mobile food-vending and beekeeping, among other activities, hasn’t yet received Glenview Village Board approval, but some people are already awaiting …... -
Des Plaines dog park proposal gains momentum
TribLocal - Des Plaines » NewsChuck Cummings, of Des Plaines, often walks his dog around the neighborhood or lets him loose in the backyard, but sometimes wishes his miniature pinscher …... -
Grassland Project hoping for ‘great gain’ despite current pains
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsThe current landscape at the Orland Grassland Project is unsightly to many, with heavy equipment and piles of debris from tree removal littering parts of the 960-acre …... -
Landscaping seminar to focus on coyotes, gardening
TribLocal - Crystal Lake » NewsThe Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee will host its 20th annual Natural Landscaping Seminar Saturday at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake. Highlighting the event …... -
Brush fire caused by cigarettes burns 10 acres
TribLocal - Barrington Area » NewsNorthwest suburban firefighters rallied forces Saturday afternoon to fight a brush fire that officials said was caused by discarded cigarettes that hadn’t been extinguished properly. …... -
As spring approaches, Deerfield officials take inventory of its ash trees
TribLocal - Deerfield » NewsDeerfield officials recently completed an inventory of village-owned ash trees that will be presented to the village board in the coming months, village officials said. …... -
Cook forest preserve district looking at borrowing to buy more land
TribLocal - Orland Park » NewsThe Cook County Forest Preserve District moved ahead today with a plan to borrow up to $70 million to buy more land and make repairs …...
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