Tucked among the factories and plants dotting south suburban Ford Heights is Sauk Trail Woods, a forest preserve where Cook County taxpayers are bankrolling an effort to beat back a pernicious invader. On a crisp, sunny Wednesday in late November, Troy Showerman, resource project manager for the Cook County Forest Preserve District, points to one of the few short trees that still holding its .
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The Winter Wonderland at Wolf Lake Festival returns this weekend to celebrate the lake that straddles Hammond and Chicago, surrounded by parkland on both sides of the state line.