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Tagged: Environment - Page 21

Inside this gumball-sized sphere, a goldenrod gall fly larva will spend the winter in diapause- insects' version of hibernation. Photo by Chris Gingrich

Good Natured: Goldenrod Galls

​Longtime Good Natured readers might recall an old column (a 6-year-ol...
Members of the Kane County Board Energy and Environmental Committee / Rob Linke with Kane County Dept. of Environmental & Water Resources

Kane County Recognized for Efforts to Protect the Health of the Fox River

The annual Fox River Study Group meeting in mid-November recognized Ka...
Mature Cooper's hawks are blue-gray above with orangish bars across the breast and a prominent 'Cooper's cap' of darker feathers on top of the head. Photo by Larry Lenard.

Good Natured: Cooper's Hawk

​If you're sitting down to a turkey dinner this week, count yourself i...
Shop Small

Kane County Proclaims November 25, 2023 Small Businsses Saturday

​Kane County has dozens of downtown's with a variety of small business...
Meet Triggers

Kane County Animal Control Pet of the Week - Triggers

​“What a beautiful world it would be if people had hearts like dogs...
Photos: courtesy of Haley Gottardo

Endangered Whooping Cranes Make Brief Stop In Kane Forest Preserve

​Just when Forest Preserve District of Kane County staff thought Muirh...
Timing is everything! This unique photo depicts a red-tailed hawk's nictitating membrane, or third eyelid, as it passes horizontally across the eye. Credit: R Lolli Morrow

Good Natured: Nictitating Membranes A.KA. Third Eyelids

​Maybe you can relate...
The Kane County Government Volunteer Garden had another successful growing season.

Kane County Government Volunteer Garden Serves Up Another Year of Bountiful Donations

​​The Kane County Government Volunteer Garden has donated a total of 1...
Kane County GIS Day

Kane County GIS Day: What is GIS?

Please Join us for Kane County GIS Day...
9 year old James and his generous donation to the animals in the care of Kane County Animal Control

A Young Boy's Heartwarming Generosity to KCAC Shelter Pets on his 9th Birthday

​A family came into the lobby of Kane County Animal Control (KCAC) car...
Jake Zimmerman, Supt. of the Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission

Kane County's Jake Zimmerman and Staff: Advocates for Veterans

GENEVA – For the past 10½ years, Jake Zimmerman has been responsible f...
The hornworm pupa displays a prominent proboscis and wing pads - interesting in and of themselves, but even more so considering that neither feature is present on the caterpillar itself.

Good Natured: Hornworms

​Fall is in full swing these days, with animals everywhere getting rea...
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