
“Nature Nearby” is written by Forest Preserve District of Kane County Nature Programs Manager Valerie Blaine, whose home base is Creek Bend Nature Center in…

With the recent news that the village of Algonquin is ending its Styrofoam recycling program immediately, a lot of folks in Kane County are wondering…

Editor’s Note: “Good Natured” is written by Pam Otto, the manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility…

Extremely hot weather didn’t keep Kane County staff from participating in the Chicagoland Bike Week this summer. Employees representing eight county departments collectively biked 323 miles during the…

“I wouldn’t want to meet that guy in a dark alley,” the saying goes. Now, that situation will happen a lot less frequently in Aurora,…

Four new recycling receptacles have been placed in downtown St. Charles to allow for all of our residents and visitors to dispose of their trash…

GreenFields of Geneva recently received a Conservation@Work certification from The Conservation Foundation, recognizing the 3.5 acres of native prairie planted around the campus. The retirement…

Kane County is about to release a document called the “Reevaluation Environmental Assessment” for the Longmeadow Parkway project. The Kane County Division of Transportation said…

It may not be Pokemon Go, but it’s a big thing in Batavia, and it could be just the ticket to encourage downtown pedestrian traffic….

For anyone wondering why butterflies don’t seem to be as abundant as they once were, the signs aren’t hard to find. Weather extremes, harmful agricultural…