Sentences with phrase «preserve district»

In the past, Michael has prosecuted ordinance violations for the Will County Forest Preserve District, and has tried nearly 100 cases on its behalf.

The judge's order had been to adjust property so as to preserve the district judge's proportions but to reformulate his errors in computation of the couple's debt and to reflect «the change in the landscape from that surveyed by the district judge», upon sale of the business.

To give the public a glimpse into the life of dogsledding and the breed, the club will partner with the Forest Preserve District of Will County for the 23rd annual Musher Mania on Saturday at Monee Reservoir in Monee Township.

Siberian huskies will demonstrate the sport of mushing during the Forest Preserve District of Will Countyâ $ ™ s 23rd annual Musher Mania on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Monee Reservoir in Monee Township.

(Photo courtesy of Forest Preserve District of Will County)

Information: Forest Preserve District of Will County at 708-534-8499 or www.ReconnectWithNature.org or Siberian Husky Club of Greater Chicago at www.shcgc.com

In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in the Seattle - Louisville case, Jon served as Co-Chair of the Montclair, New Jersey Taskforce on School Integration, which found ways to preserve that district's controlled choice program without relying on individual student race.

Originally appraised at $ 5.5 million when it was put on the market the following winter, the Elgin city council approved an intergovernmental agreement in April 2013 involving the Illinois Tollway Authority that divvied up the land on Elgin's far northeastern side between the city, the Kane County Forest Preserve District and the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation.

Cook County Forest Preserve District police were expected to file criminal charges late last week, said Steve Mayberry, a police spokesman.

The public is invited to join the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County for a prairie restoration workday from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve in Wheaton.

Ruins of those furnaces dot a parcel of land called Heritage Park, a reclamation project of the Will County Forest Preserve District that may take as long as 10 years to complete.

Mike Pasteris, assistant director of the Forest Preserve District, said access to the area initially will be only on guided group tours.

The entire project has been estimated to cost $ 9.2 million, according to Andrea Hoyt, senior landscape architect for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.

If a friendly acquisition can't be reached, the Forest Preserve District still can condemn the land, a move that often leads to court battles over the price.

The Will County Forest Preserve District has received a $ 150,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation to conduct an archeological and engineering study of parts of Heritage Park.

The grant will allow the Forest Preserve District to see if there are any ruins along a proposed 2.7 - mile path for bicycling, hiking and walking.

The Forest Preserve District is the lead agency for the project, which includes participation by the Cook County Forest Preserve District and the Villages of Addison, Oak Brook, Lyons and Brookfield.

And the Cook County Forest Preserve District is receiving a $ 400,000 grant to redevelop the Green Lake Pool at 159th Street and Torrence Avenue in Calumet City.

It will connect to a bike trail built last year by the DuPage County Forest Preserve District.

But the Forest Preserve District is still negotiating to acquire about 55 acres in the area, with another 46 - acre parcel being donated by USX Corp..

The board also approved a resolution formally asking the DuPage County Forest Preserve District to participate in the suit and to help pay legal costs.

The purchase would be the second in which the Park District shares ownership with the Forest Preserve District.

Also Tuesday, the Forest Preserve District clarified its impending purchase of 95 acres known as Culver Farm in Aurora.

The agreement among the hospital, the Park District, the Forest Preserve District and the Village of Downers Grove allowed the hospital to develop its property as long as it did not affect a 100 - foot «no - disturb zone» between Lyman Woods and the hospital.

The DuPage County Forest Preserve District also is on record in opposition.

Several city departments are working with the Forest Preserve District and the Park District to develop a comprehensive assessment of the city's open space needs.

The ideal scenario, according to Goodman, would be for the DuPage County Forest Preserve District to acquire the buffer - zone land from Good Samaritan, which in turn could use the money to build on another site.

Lessons will be developed to study and analyze actual environmental problems in the area by working with the DuPage County Forest Preserve District, Wheaton Park District, Fermilab and The Conservation Foundation, a group concerned with ecology.

NeighborSpace, a relative newcomer, was formed in 1996 by the City of Chicago, the Chicago Park District and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County.

Roger Kotecki, vice chairman of the Forest Preserve District's Land Acquisition Committee, said the 4.9 - acre acquisition — along with the other land operated by the Glen Ellyn Park District — means there will be about 20 acres of open space in the area of St. Charles and Geneva Roads.

The Forest Preserve District Tuesday put the finishing touches on a complicated deal with the St. Charles Park District that will allow the Forest Preserve District to pick up the tab for open space in St. Charles Township that the Park District plans to use for recreation.

The Downers Grove Park District likely will help the DuPage County Forest Preserve District buy an 11 - acre parcel near Lyman Woods, officials said.

Forest preserve commissioners from District 4, who represent central DuPage, had requested the Forest Preserve District buy the land as part of the $ 75 million borrowed by the district as a result of a ballot measure approved by voters in 1997.

The land was bought for $ 490,000, with the Forest Preserve District providing $ 300,000 and the Park District $ 190,000, said Karen Zilly, the Forest Preserve District's land acquisition manager.

Dan Gooch, interim executive director for the Forest Preserve District, said that members of the district's Executive Committee are expected to discuss the matter further at a meeting on Thursday.

Norwood Builders wants to construct 20 single - family homes and 260 condominium units on the site, which is north of the Chicago Park District's Gompers Park and east of the Forest Preserve District's LaBagh Woods.

Still, Cushman and others in similar organizations aren't making much noise about getting the venison from the Forest Preserve District.

The work performed by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County began July 22 and finished several days ahead of schedule, officials said.

The forest preserve district also will get $ 133,400 to add a 1.3 - mile extension to the 14 - mile Gilman Trail.

Forest preserve district naturalist Lynn Kurczewski said this park is closed to the public because of hazards posed by dilapidated structures on the property.

Park districts in Naperville and Lisle, along with the Kane County Forest Preserve District, are among local government agencies to receive grants from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for land acquisition and other parkland projects.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District was awarded $ 750,000 to acquire a 67 - acre parcel adjacent to Blackberry Maples Forest Preserve in southern Kane County, home to several species of birds and reptiles on the state's endangered list.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District and park districts in Naperville and Lisle are among local government agencies to receive grants from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for land acquisition and other parkland projects.

In the last two years, the Cook County Forest Preserve District donated 14,000 pounds to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

The St. Charles Park District and the Kane County Forest Preserve District will get $ 136,600 to help fund a 3.5 - mile trail between the Fox River Trial and the Great Western Trail.

Last year, the Park District sold 10 acres of adjoining wetland to the Lake County Forest Preserve District, with plans to connect to Cuba Marsh via bike trails, according to officials.

The portion of the trail between Ogden and Jefferson was established through a partnership between the Forest Preserve District, Naperville Park District and city of Naperville, creating a walkway along the west...

The ruins of the region's steel industry became a 260 - acre park when the Canal Corridor Association joined the Will County Forest Preserve District, Lockport Township Park District and Illinois Department of Conservation to buy portions of United States Steel Corp. property.

Lincoln Marsh is owned by the Forest Preserve District but run by the Wheaton Park District.

He points to his reform efforts at the Park District in pledging to help clean up the financially troubled Forest Preserve District, run by the County Board.