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| Bolingbrook Revamps for Nature | |
| Mar 21, 2006 | |
| Chicago Wilderness Magazine | |
| Pertains to DuPage River Trail, Lily Cache Greenway, Bolingbrook | |
| In December of 2005, the Bolingbrook Park District tapped Alice Eastman to become its first ever Superintendent of Natural Resources. As superintendent, Eastman, formerly of the Downers Grove Park District, will help rebalance district priorities to better include nature and biodiversity. Though the district owns natural areas such as Winston Woods, Hidden Lakes, Gateway Wetlands, and various greenways, it has until now focused its resources primarily on playing fields for organized sports. Park District Director Ray Ochromowicz noted, "Bolingbrook has always been a young active town, but increasingly I hear from citizens about wildlife and maintenance of woodlands, wetlands, and prairies." Nearly half of the district's 955 acres of open space are woodlands, wetlands, prairie, or water. The district expects this acreage to increase as the greenways along the DuPage River and Lily Cache Creek expand. "This is cutting edge," Eastman said of her new post, "an entire department devoted to natural resources and environmental programming. Being able to build a department from the ground floor up is a dream come true." |
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