Leann Spencer

In celebration of National Wetlands Month, citizens can learn more about wetlands at an informational forum next week. James M. Patchett, president of a Naperville conservation consulting firm, and John...

Federal officials have asked the developer who wants to build 142 townhouses on 31.5 acres in the Slocum Lake watershed to respond to residents' complaints about the plan. The townhouse...

Volunteers are needed by the Friends of the Chicago River to help look for possible pioneer or Native-American artifacts at Prairie Wolf Slough, a wetlands restoration project near Lake Forest....

A 22-acre parcel, including wetlands and a portion of a lake, has been bought for $325,000 by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. The parcel is adjacent to the Lakewood...

About a half-dozen developers have expressed interest in recent weeks in acquiring Ft. Sheridan land, according to officials, who declined to name the interested firms. One company reportedly even would...

In 1994, more than 19 tons of paper were recycled by employees of the Lake County Forest Preserve District who work at district offices in Libertyville, Wauconda and Deerfield. The...

For a second time, the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County has postponed a decision on a regional recycling center agreement. The recycling center, to be built in Libertyville without...

The Solid Waste Agency of Lake County has voted to support a bill being considered by the General Assembly to ban leaf burning in counties with a population of more...

Village leaders are expected to announce Saturday a plan to develop a 235-acre golf course at Gregg's Landing, a planned luxury community on the former Cuneo farm site. In the...

More than 200 people have petitioned the Army Corps of Engineers to hold a public hearing on a developer's plan to use a high-quality wetland near Slocum Lake for stormwater...