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2008 (5)
CHICAGO
PUBLIC RADIO: Chicago Matters: Chicago's Ailing Forest Preserves
March 18, 2008
Friends and The Civic Federation call for separate forest
preserve board of commissioners
TRIBUNE:
Groups to call for separation of Cook County boards March
17, 2008
SUN
TIMES: Politics hurting Forest Preserve District: watchdogs
March 17, 2008
CHICAGO
PUBLIC RADIO: New Report: Forest Preserve District Needs Own
Board March 17, 2008
CHICAGO
PUBLIC RADIO: Who Should Govern the Forest Preserve District?
March 17, 2008
2007 (5)
County Deficit -- $13 Million Raid
2006 (12)
Moratorium Lifted -- Tollway Land Grab -- Volunteer
Website
2005 (21)
Tax Hike -- Forest Preserve Improvements
2004 (10)
New Superintendent -- Land Swap -- Rip Transfer
2003 (9)
Condition of Forest Preserves -- 2002 Forest Preserve
Study
2002 (19)
Condition of Forest Preserves -- 2002 Forest Preserve Study
2001 (8)
Forest Preserve Deficit -- Moratorium Lifted in Miami
Woods
1999 (3)
Land Acquisition -- Selling Forest Preserve Land
2007 (5)
Chopping
into Forest Preserve: Stroger insists it 'repay' $11 mil.
to ease county deficit
February
1, 2007
Forest
district shouldn’t fix county shortfall- Letter to the
EditorFebruary
7, 2007
Don't
uproot forest preserve's funding- Letter to the EditorFebruary
7, 2007
Stroger,
Quigley 'part ways' over forest preserve cash
February
8, 2007
County
takes a shot at 10-cent-a-bullet tax: Stroger wins shouting
match, OK to transfer $13 mil. from forests February
8, 2007
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2006 (12)
Our
choices for clean water- Editorial March
10, 2006
If
forest preserve woods could vote ...Old troubles an issue
in race for Cook County Board president March
17, 2006
68,000
acres of Cook County wilderness, by bus and train March
30, 2006
Remember
Earth Day? April, 20 2006
Nature
center, improvements planned at Dan Ryan Woods June
14, 2006
County
drawing up plans for Dan Ryan Woods upgrade June
14, 2006
Tollway
eyes county forest preserve land June
29, 2006
Tollway's
forest preserve plan under fire June
29, 2006
New
forest preserve map kick off: Discovering fun, recreation
just around corner July 20, 2006
Metro
Briefs October 3, 2006
Volunteers
get new Web site October 3, 2006
Burn
moratorium lifted at 5 forest preserve sites October
4, 2006
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2005 (21)
Forest
district tax hike to pay for hefty raises January
9, 2005
Tax
hike for forest district called waste of money January
31, 2005
Old
foes hail forest budget: Groups applaud county preserves for
turnaround February 1, 2005
Groups
applaud county preserves for turnaround February
1, 2005
Friends
of county forests come out of the woodwork February
1, 2005
This
land is our land: Forest Preserve District targets illegal
use of public property February 20,
2005
Forest
friends, steward to probe triangle ownership March
02, 2005
Board
tangles over merits of names on signs March
3, 2005
Reeves-Bullock
film also will star Cook County house April
17, 2005
Keep
forest preserve land preserved April
25, 2005
Bid
for county land splits officials April
25, 2005
County
to consider land swap: Steel mill wants to expand into forest
preserve May 4, 2005
ISG
Land Grab A Bad Deal- Letter to the Editor May
10, 2005
June
2 meeting set on proposed land swap May
17, 2005
Company
that dumped nuclear waste wants to buy tainted land May
17, 2005
Plant
seeks swap to expand June 9, 2005
Apathy
Canyon: The Ditch That’s Eating a Forest Fall
2005
Dominican's
plans gain panel's nod: Foes dispute title on parcel October
12, 2005
Forest
district financial plan endorsed October
15, 2005
Activists
pleased by forest budget November 30,
2005
Forest
district wins over most critics: But Civic Federation not
November 30, 2005
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2004 (10)
Forest
preserve advocates rip transfer of 11 acres March
30, 2004
Rules
for use of forest land may face changes May
5, 2004
Preserving
land- Letter to the Editor
May 10, 2004, May
13, 2004
Fests
to feel forest ban on parking: Ravinia, Irish fetes among
affected May 23, 2004
Forest
crime rates low- Letter to the Editor June
9, 2004
Fear-
Letter to the Editor June 14, 2004
Ex-forest
workers blast job 'reform' June 28,
2004
A
new day dawns August 23, 2004
Cook's
forest preserves install new signs: Intent is to help guide
trail users September 24, 2004
New
forest chief makes good- Letter to the Editor
December 19, 2004
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2003 (9)
Commissioners
seek shake-up at the top: Call for dismissal of superintendent,
upper-level salary cuts January 16,
2003
Cook
County voters, take a bow- Editorial January
23, 2003
Stroger
must be a reformer- Letter to the Editor February
9, 2003
Forest
Preserves need action now- Letter to the Editor July
22, 2003 and July 28, 2003
Keeper
of 'emperor's thrones' quits Forest Preserves October
2, 2003
Our
forest preserves need help, and soon- Editorial November
6, 2003
County
starts `adopt-a-forest-preserve' cleanup plan November
12, 2003
Forest
budget needs scrutiny- Editorial November
14, 2003
Plan
would ax top forest jobs December 8,
2003
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2002 (19)
Forest
preserve district in dire need of reform- Letter to the Editor
January 24, 2002
Plants,
bathrooms stink in preserves, groups say February
27, 2002
County
forest district woods in 'poor shape,' study finds
February 27, 2002
Cook
forest preserves' condition called poor February
27, 2002
Cook
County Lands May be Losing Ecological Value Summer
2002
Cook's
trashy forest preserves...and flabby patronage army- Editorial
September 27, 2002
Shaking
up Stroger's board October 6, 2002
Forest
Preserve worker: Bosses made me hire a drunk guy October
10, 2002
Forest
preserve managers lambasted in groups' report October
10, 2002
Activists
pin forest woes on Stroger: Study alleges lack of public input
October 10, 2002
Buds
poisoning forest preserves- Editorial October
11, 2002
Stroger
denies he makes all decisions October
11, 2002
Barking
up wrong tree- Letter to the Editor October
16, 2002
Stroger's
hypocrisy- Letter to the Editor October
25, 2002
Forest
preserves must turn new leaf- Letter to the Editor October
29, 2002
County
may chop forests' snow slides, police units
October 31, 2002
GOP
candidate for president of county board feels left out October
31, 2002
Time
for O'Hare growth is now Flier misfires Still friends Priests-
Letter to the Editor October 31, 2002
Environmentalists
praise forest budget November 10, 2002
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2001 (8)
Dead
Wood in Forest Preserve’s Budget; Critics cite $16-mil.
gap, bureaucratic swamp February 19,
2001
Forest
Preserve's `balanced budgets' concealed deficit February
28, 2001
Forest
Preserves lost in the woods- Editorial March
2, 2001
Saving
forest preserves by chopping, replanting March
5, 2001
Doesn't
grow on trees- Letter to the Editor March
11, 2001
Forest
Preserve deficit is worse than thought March
21, 2001
Forest
preserve finances scrutinized March
21, 2001
County
lifts its ban on Miami Woods restoration
November 29, 2001
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1999 (3)
Vote
on open spaces urged; Conservation groups seek to curb sprawl
March 16, 1999
Don't
sell to Rosemont, forest officials urged June
9, 1999
Acres
of Historical Titles November 17, 1999
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