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Forest preserves serve a different purpose than urban parks and are typically maintained for the conservation and restoration of habitat.Forest preserves may contain nature centers and other facilities, picnic groves, and hiking, biking, and equestrian trails, but, apart from public golf courses, do not typically contain land set aside for other sports activities.
Busse Woods, the heart of the forest preserve, is a mature Great Lakes hardwood forest. A 440-acre (180 ha) segment of the woods, the Busse Forest Nature Preserve, is listed as a national natural landmark [2] as a surviving fragment of flatwoods, a type of damp-ground forest formerly typical of extremely level patches of ground in the Great Lakes region.
The former Mission building at 646 S. State Street. Pacific Garden Mission is a homeless shelter which is located in the Near West Side section of Chicago, Illinois, it was founded in 1877 [1] by Colonel George Clarke and his wife, Sarah. Nicknamed "The Old Lighthouse", it is the largest homeless shelter in Chicago and among the oldest in the ...
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Elk Grove is exploring solutions to further address homelessness in the city following the success of its first enhanced winter sanctuary that closed in April, a month beyond its original time frame.
An 18.6-acre (7.5 ha) parcel within the largely privately owned grove was dedicated by the state of Illinois in 1985 as the Funk's Grove Nature Preserve. [2]Due to fire suppression, the makeup of tree life in Funk's Grove is changing from historic times, with the original oaks not reproducing themselves naturally.
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre (178 ha) preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River.. The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930.