[BCNnet] Tribune article re funding problems at Tri-County Park

[COszak at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/14/2005 8:10:16 AM Central Daylight Time, 
rbdoeker at yahoo.com writes:

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> Money running out for state prairie park 
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> 
> DuPage and state officials scramble to keep open the fledgling sanctuary in 
> Bartlett
> 
> By John Biemer
> Tribune staff reporter
> 
> June 14, 2005
> 
> The Indian and big bluestem grasses bend in the breeze. Beneath the chorus 
> of sparrows and
> red-winged blackbirds is the dull drumming of a woodpecker. A nest of great 
> blue herons overlooks a
> marsh created by a beaver dam.
> 
> Tri-County State Park in Bartlett offers a placid setting in a sea of 
> suburbia, but now there's
> also an air of uncertainty. Funding to operate the park, one of the closest 
> state parks to downtown
> Chicago, could run out by the end of the summer.
> 
> 
> For the entire article, go to:  
> 
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Randi Doeker
> Chicago
> Cook Co.
> 

Randi and all,

I couldn't find the article on the web page that was given.  Hopefully they 
removed it because from my understanding it gave false information.  It's true 
that the state did not budget for running the Tri-County State Park for the 
remainder of the year.  The DuPage County FPD has been running the park with 
funds from the state.  The FPDDC will continue to run the park at the same level 
from the rest of the year using FPDDC funds.  Hopefully the state will fund 
the park next year.  

If your search picked up the article because of the title phrase 'fledgling 
sanctuary in Bartlett', it has nothing to do with feathered fledglings.

Thank you for keeping us informed.



Chris Oszak
Salt Creek Watershed Network
www.saltcreekwatershed.org
(630)832-4189
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