Champaign County Forest Preserve
The Champaign County Forest Preserve operates six forest preserves throughout Champaign County, providing residents with over 4,000 acres of natural habitat, including trails, lakes and outdoor activities year-round. Venues like the Museum of the Grand Prairie and the Homer Lake Interpretative Center also provide opportunities of all ages to learn more about the local heritage and experience fun family-gatherings.
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Take Me Fishing at Lake of the Woods on July 27
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com The Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve will host Take Me Fishing on July 27 from…
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Corduroy to perform at Lake of the Woods Sunday
Jordan Keyes started by performing to an audience of one: his dog. But this Sunday (July 14), from 5 to…
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Let’s Take a Hike: Finding the Right Path on the Timberdoodle Trail
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Homer, Ill. – There are things we all want to see during our lifetime: children giggling…
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Pathogen That Causes Sudden Oak Death Found in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The pathogen which causes Sudden Oak Death, a plant disease that has killed large tracts of oaks…
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Let’s Take a Hike: Horsetails at Riverbend Forest Preserve
Mahomet, Ill. – There’s much to be said for being under a tree canopy or brushing your fingertips on top…
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D-Day stories come to life at Museum of the Grand Prairie
Coming onto a beach where more than 4,000 Allied soldiers and another 4,000 Axis soldiers have lost their lives, is…
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Kilborn Alley to perform at Homer Lake Sunday
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Grunge. Hip Hop. R&B. Heavy Metal. Rock. Rap. The 1990’s were all about music. Champaign natives…
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Celebrate the Fourth with activities in Mahomet-Seymour
BY DANI TIETZ dani@mahometnews.com Staying in Mahomet or Seymour for the Fourth of July makes for a fun-filled lazy day…
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Volunteers Needed for Freedom Fest
Each year thousands gather around the water at the Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve for the Champaign County Forest…
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CCFPD invites community to celebrate International Dark Sky Park at Middle Fork
BY DANI TIETZdani@mahometnews.com Looking at a friend in a coffee shop, listening to the wind run between the leaves, feeling…
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