Birds could have a safer flight path thanks to a new Lake County policy that requires newly constructed county-owned buildings to use at least 80% bird-friendly glass on the exteriors.
While symbolically recognizing World Migratory Bird Day, the Lake County Board this week also advanced a new building design policy to protect birds from colliding with glass or other transparent/refl.
Once the weather breaks, trail users in the Lake County forest preserve system could have more company with the removal of a ban on some electric bicycles.
The forest preserve district enacted e-bike .
As Lake County continues to dole out funding from its dwindling ARPA money pool, there has been quiet disagreement among County Board members about whether or not to fund a mental health building for first responders
Lake County officials are touting the elimination of an estimated one million pieces of single-use plastic that is being prevented from entering landfills as a result of the Lake County Board's decision to ban single-use plastics from county operations in cases where there are alternatives.