Cook County Creates New Forest Preserve Near St. Mihiel Woods East in Tinley Park

Cook County Forest Preserve District Board Meeting - November 14, 2017
Significant Decisions Made:

• The Board adopted an ordinance to purchase several parcels of land near St. Mihiel Woods East in District 6 and also Santa Maria Convent in unincorporated Bremen Township.
  
• The Board approved a resolution to apply for a grant of $440,000 from the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program to improve two Forest Preserves located in south Cook County - Sand Ridge/Shabbona/Green Lake Campus near Calumet City and Eggers Grove in Chicago. The Forest Preserve committed to spend $110,000, if the grant is approved.

Significant Topics Discussed and/or Referred to Committee:

• The Forest Preserve recently received an award for excellence in ecological restoration from Chicago Wilderness for its management of the Poplar Creek Prairie in the Carl Hanson/Poplar Creek Forest Preserve in Hoffman Estates.
  
• The 2017 Annual Report of the Cook County Forest Preserve Foundation was presented in a video and a brochure (the brochure was not made available to the public). The Foundation was started in 2012 and, since its inception, it has made over $980,000 in grants. One program which it funds provides funds for young people to be hired during the summer as conservation interns in the Forest Preserves.                                     For more information on the Cook County Forest Preserve Foundation click here. 

Observer - Elizabeth Kinney                                        Meeting Length: 1 1/2 hours