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The Illinois Badger

By The Forest Preserves Of Cook County and the Brookfield Zoo

With their night-time travel habits and proximity to the ground, badgers are often hard to spot, which makes studying this predator a complicated endeavor.
“This is a very under-studied animal,” said Chris Anchor, senior wildlife biologist for the Forest Preserves of Cook County. “Once you realize the animal is in the area, they have generally already moved on. However, the information we could learn from a badger is indispensable.”
Wildlife biologists were able to catch a badger near Northwest Cook County, and the Forest Preserves and Chicago Zoological Society, which operates Brookfield Zoo, have once again collaborated to study the animal’s health, behavior and habits.

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Posted on March 28, 2016

Here Comes Spring Trout Season!

By The Forest Preserves Of Cook County

The Forest Preserves of Cook County is pleased to announce the 2016 spring inland trout fishing season at Axehead Lake (Park Ridge), Belleau Lake (Park Ridge), Sag Quarry East (Lemont) and Green Lake (Calumet City).
The Forest Preserves will be purchasing and stocking approximately 500 pounds of rainbow trout for Sag Quarry East; 1,250 pounds for Axehead Lake; and 1,250 pounds for Belleau Lake; while the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be purchasing and stocking 700 pounds for Green Lake. These are catchable-sized rainbow trout, in the 1/2 – 1 lb. size range.

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Posted on March 24, 2016

Proviso West Grad To Serve Aboard USS Paul Hamilton

By The Navy Office Of Community Outreach

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Navy Midshipman Vashthai Wallace from Chicago participated in the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps ship selection draft as a future member of the U.S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Officer community.
More than 280 midshipmen at 70 Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps units around the country have selected to serve in the Navy as surface warfare officers. Each selecting midshipman is ranked according to his or her grade point average, aptitude scores, and physical fitness.
“The Hampton Roads Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps is one of the largest officer training battalions in the nation, consisting of over 250 Sailors, Marines and Midshipmen,” said Wallace. “It is comprised of a three-school consortium that includes Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University, Hampton University, Regent University and Tidewater Community College.”

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Posted on March 23, 2016

Whitney Young Grad To Serve Aboard USS Essex

By The Navy Office Of Community Outreach

MILLINGTON, Tenn. – Navy Midshipman Jessica Morales from Chicago, participated in the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps ship selection draft as a future member of the U.S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Officer community.
More than 280 midshipmen at 70 Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) units around the country have selected to serve in the Navy as surface warfare officers. Each selecting midshipman is ranked according to his or her grade point average, aptitude scores, and physical fitness.
“My NROTC unit is based on the Ann Arbor University of Michigan campus that trains young men and women to become naval officers in the Navy and Marine Corps,” said Morales.

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Posted on March 16, 2016

Cook County Bird Of The Month: The Timberdoodle

By The Forest Preserves Of Cook County

Throughout 2016, the Forest Preserves of Cook County invites visitors to see some of the most interesting native and migrating birds in the preserves.
Each month during the Forest Preserves’ 2016 Bird the Preserves initiative, a new bird will be highlighted. Visitors will have the opportunity to spot the bird of the month at an event or program, and learn what makes that bird so special. The March Bird of the Month is the timberdoodle, also known as the American woodcock.

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Posted on March 14, 2016

About Mary Schmich’s Rolodex

By Steve Rhodes

I ran across my old Rolodex the other day, its black cover grimy with dust, the old cards gray with age, the ink on the cards faded, and the sight of this ancient artifact made me wonder: Does anybody use a Rolodex anymore?
Uh-oh.
To which anyone younger than 35 might reply: What’s a Rolodex?
Is Bob Greene back?
No. It’s just the Tribune’s Mary Schmich waxing nostalgic for an inefficient office device in a way that is metaphorically perfect for a newspaper column.

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Posted on March 9, 2016

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