Politics & Government
Glenview Wins 2012 Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project Award
Both the Village and Park District of Glenview were honored for their conservation efforts.
The Village of Glenview and Park District have been by the Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project honored for their joint conservation achievements, according to a municipal statement.
The duo has won a 2012 Conservation Leadership Award that will be presented on March 10 at a dinner at the Brookfield Zoo Discovery Center.
The following projects were highlighted by CWHP:
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- Saving and restoring the 32-acre Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie; the 124-acre Grove National Historic Landmark, a bur oak prairie grove; and the 18.6-acre Wagner Farm, the last working dairy farm in Cook County.
- Adopting “A Plan for Nature in Glenview,” the village of Glenview’s official roadmap for natural resource planning.
- The Village of Glenview’s leadership, as demonstrated by its full-time ecological resource manager, Robyn Flakne, who “ensures the Village’s natural areas are well managed.”
- The Park District’s “wise and ambitious restoration plan” that included control of white-tailed deer at The Grove. Calling it “one of the most impressive and challenging initiatives,” the Leadership Award noted the process was a “model of outreach, accord and effectiveness” and credited Grove Director Steve Swanson.
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