The local conservation foundation announced it secured 55 acres of woodland in McHenry County that has oak trees estimated to be up to 400 years old, some of the largest remaining in the county. The McHenry County Conservation Foundation said it secured a $369,900 grant from the Prairie State Conservation Coalition’s natural areas grant program […]
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Investigation underway after fire burns 5 acres of Lyons Prairie and Marsh Conservation Area near Cary
An investigation is underway after five acres of prairie land in the Lyons Prairie and Marsh Conservation Area in Cary caught fire Monday evening. The Cary Fire Protection District responded around 9:18 p.m. Monday to the 7000 block of Hickory Nut Grove Road in unincorporated Cary for a call of a brush fire. Alex Vucha, […]