Environment
![Perched atop a small hackberry tree, a male red-winged blackbird eyes a curious naturalist walking along the Fox River Trail in Geneva.](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/June%202024/Redwing.jpg)
Good Natured: Red-Winged Blackbird Season
Every year about this time, certain wild neighbors start making headl...
![Kane County staff and Board members enjoy Swedish Days.](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/June%202024/New%20Cover%20pic.jpg)
Kane County Joins in Swedish Days Parade
Kane County staff and Board members enjoyed walking in the Grand Para...
![Night sky](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/DARK%20SKIES.png)
Kane County Forest Preserve District to Implement New Lighting Policy to Protect Night Sky
The Forest Preserve District of Kane County is set to launch a new in...
![Miles from home, a displaced cicada sits, silently, as his next adventure awaits.](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/June%202024/Cicada.jpg)
Good Natured: Cicadas Under Pressure
The other day I was puttering in the garage and listening, as I often...
![Kane County Approves First Climate Action Implementation Plan](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/Kane%20County%20Climate%20Action%20Implementation%20place.png)
Kane County Greenlights Inaugural Climate Action Plan
Over the course of 19 months, more one thousand community membe...
![Solar Switch in Kane County](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/Solar%20Switch%20.jpg)
Solar Switch Powers Up to Launch Fall Program, Offering Solar Energy to Chicagoland Homes and Businesses
Kane County's Sustainability team has joined forces with nonprofits M...
![Second Fire Station for the Village of Hampshire](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/FIRE%20TRUCK.png)
Kane County Communities Share Project Funding for Bike Path, Library, Forensic Lab and New Fire Station
The following projects serving Kane County residents were awarded fed...
![Northern Illinois Food Bank is kicking off its 2024 free summer meals program for kids as food insecurity remains high. Its program fuels more than 7,000 kids daily.](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/May%202024/Northern%20Illinois%20Food%20Bank.jpg)
Northern Illinois Food Bank Kicks Off 2024 Free Summer Meals Program for Kids
Food insecurity among children surges during the summer months when s...
![Officials from the Village of Burlington Receive Ceremonial Check from Congressman Foster](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/pic%203.jpg)
Burlington Secures Grant for Sanitary Sewer System Design, Eyes Infrastructure Improvements to Boost Community Growth
The Village of Burlington is currently an unsewered community and rec...
![Kane County staff volunteers developed and maintain the 24-by-24-foot garden plot on the Geneva campus.](/img/thumb/KCC/PublishingImages/May%202024/Matt%20Tansley%20Tomato%20Cages%20Garden%202024.jpg)
Third Annual Kane County Government Garden Growing Goodwill
The third annual Kane County Volunteer Garden is already taking ...