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  2. Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Wikipedia

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    The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is a governmental commission in Cook County, Illinois, that owns and manages land containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes. These land holdings are primarily managed as undeveloped natural areas and for outdoor recreation .

  3. Sagawau Canyon - Wikipedia

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    The site is owned by the Forest Preserves of Cook County and is the only such landform in the county. [1] [2] The canyon is known for its association with renowned Illinois botanist Floyd Swink, who did much to preserve the area during his career. [3]

  4. Palos Forest Preserves - Wikipedia

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    The Palos Forest Preserves are 15,000 acres of forest preserves in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, located principally in Palos Township, Illinois. [ 1 ] During the 1930s, the area of the Palos Preserves south of Archer was known as the Argonne Forest .

  5. Cook County Forest Preserves $189 million budget marks ‘new ...

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    Flush with money after voters authorized a fresh property tax hike, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle pitched next year’s Forest Preserves budget Tuesday as the start of “a new era ...

  6. Sauk Trail Woods - Wikipedia

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    Sauk Trail Woods are located within the Cook County Forest Preserves in Park Forest and Chicago Heights, Illinois. They are part of the Thorn Creek Trail System. They contain miles of paved bike trails and off-trail dirt paths. [1] Sauk Trail Woods contains Sauk Lake and Thorn Creek. The topography is fairly hilly, featuring ravines and steep ...

  7. Cook County forest preserves to review captive animal program ...

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    Following controversy over a captive coyote, Cook County forest preserves officials will conduct a review of the district’s practice of keeping animals in captivity. The review comes after a ...

  8. North Branch Trail - Wikipedia

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    The North Branch Trail is a Class I bicycle trail located in northeastern Cook County, Illinois. The trail starts at the western part of Gompers Park in Chicago ( 41°59′51.4″N 87°46′2.9″W  /  41.997611°N 87.767472°W  / 41.997611; -87.767472 ), and from there it continues north approximately 22 miles (35 km) to Glencoe ( 42 ...

  9. Ned Brown Forest Preserve - Wikipedia

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    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.

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