Mike Olesen, owner of Stockholm’s Brew Pub in Geneva, presented a check for $946 to The Conservation Foundation — money received from a 25 cent…
The Forest Preserve District of Kane County is 1,465 acres larger — and still growing — thanks to residents’ support of the 2017 land acquisition…
This good-natured column is written by Pam Otto, manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the…
This good-natured column is written by Pam Otto, manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the…
Kane County has announced “a unique redevelopment opportunity” for the 39.7-acre former Kane County Jail site on Fabyan Parkway. The Fabyan Road Kane County Property…
A utility pole project will prompt intermittent closures of portions of the Elgin branch of the Illinois Prairie Path later this month. ComEd will be…
This good-natured column is written by Pam Otto, manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the…
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. But where there’s fire, there isn’t always extreme danger. That’s certainly true in the case of carefully controlled, prescribed burn…
Nature Nearby is written by Naturalist Valerie Blaine, environmental education manager for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. You may reach her at blainevalerie@kaneforest.com….
This good-natured column is written by Pam Otto, manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the…






