Imagine being on a long and perilous journey to the promised land of America. When arriving, you are tired, thirsty, cold and scared. Due to circumstances beyond your control, you were forced to leave.
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is pursuing an "America the Beautiful Challenge" grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to fund a habitat restoration project. Ecologists say the work will benefit populations of the state-endangered Blanding s turtle and rare species of marsh birds.
A multimillion-dollar proposal to overhaul the DuPage forest preserve district maintenance campus along Mack Road is now taking shape nearly 20 years after it was first discussed.
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County s newly elected seven-member Board of Commissioners all incumbents took their oaths of office and determined how long each of their terms will be.