File #: 15-0158    Version: 1 Name: RECOGNIZING THE RECEIPT OF THREE (3) 2014 CONSERVATION AND NATIVE LANDSCAPING AWARDS
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/22/2015 In control: FPD Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 2/11/2015 Final action: 2/11/2015
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE RECEIPT OF THREE (3) 2014 CONSERVATION AND NATIVE LANDSCAPING AWARDS WHEREAS, the Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards recognize projects within the Chicago region that demonstrate exemplary use of native landscaping, ecosystem restoration, and conservation design; and WHEREAS, these practices create and protect habitat for a variety of native plant and animal species and result in important environmental benefits for both people and nature; and WHEREAS, the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") has won Conservation and Native Landscaping awards for the following sites: Bartel Grassland, Grand Army of the Republic and Thomas Jefferson Woods, and Somme Nature Preserve; and WHEREAS, Bartel Grassland, a 585 acre preserve located in the Village of Matteson in southern Cook County, has benefitted from over 10 years of restoration and partial restoration of hydrology to convert former agricultural field to grasslan...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR., RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT B. STEELE, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING THE RECEIPT OF THREE (3) 2014 CONSERVATION AND NATIVE LANDSCAPING AWARDS


WHEREAS, the Conservation and Native Landscaping Awards recognize projects within the Chicago region that demonstrate exemplary use of native landscaping, ecosystem restoration, and conservation design; and

WHEREAS, these practices create and protect habitat for a variety of native plant and animal species and result in important environmental benefits for both people and nature; and

WHEREAS, the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the "Forest Preserves") has won Conservation and Native Landscaping awards for the following sites: Bartel Grassland, Grand Army of the Republic and Thomas Jefferson Woods, and Somme Nature Preserve; and

WHEREAS, Bartel Grassland, a 585 acre preserve located in the Village of Matteson in southern Cook County, has benefitted from over 10 years of restoration and partial restoration of hydrology to convert former agricultural field to grassland; and

WHEREAS, Bartel Grassland is now home to an increasing variety of native plant species, and serves as valuable breeding habitat for migratory grassland birds; and

WHEREAS, Bartel Grassland has been designated as an Illinois Land And Water Reserve since 2003; and

WHEREAS, Bartel Grassland has benefitted from extensive volunteer stewardship under the leadership of Dick Riner; and

WHEREAS, Grand Army of the Republic and Thomas Jefferson Woods are a part of the Thatcher Woods Complex in the Village of River Forest in central Cook County; and

WHEREAS, Grand Army of the Republic and Thomas Jefferson Woods represent a cross-section of the Des Plaines River Valley and features high-quality examples of remnant floodplain forests, savannas and prairies; and

WHEREAS, Grand Army of the Republic and Thomas Jefferson Woods have been subjected to extensive invasive species removal, opening the savanna to sunlight and activating dormant seeds; and

WHEREAS, Victo...

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