The future look of the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda is coming into focus with the pending approval of the first master plan for the preserve since its creation more than 50 years ago.

Completing phase one of the master plan for Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda involves construction of a family picnic shelter and parking lot as well as a much larger four-season shelter on ...

Months after the American buffalo escaped her home at a farm in Wauconda, officials said she was successfully captured in Lakewood Forest Preserve. "We are thankful the animal has been removed ...

Forest preserve officials are working to humanely remove a bison that escaped being delivered to a farm last year. The 1,300 pound bison settled in the Lakewood Forest Preserve, near Wauconda ...

The three locations are Grant Woods Forest Preserve between Lake Villa and Fox Lake, Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda and Ethel Woods Forest Preserve near Antioch. “The nature preserves ...

The animal, which most in the area know as "Tyson the Bison," escaped a north suburban farm late last year and was safely located Wednesday morning from the Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda.

A 22-acre parcel, including wetlands and a portion of a lake, has been bought for $325,000 by the Lake County Forest Preserve District. The parcel is adjacent to the Lakewood Forest Preserve near ...

WAUCONDA (AP) — A Civil War reenactment at a northeastern Illinois forest preserve is back on after the event was temporarily canceled by a county official over questions of its value, as well ...

Lake County Forest Preserves announced that the 1,300-pound bovine was “safely and humanely” removed from Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda early Wednesday by a professional wildlife ...

has been loose in the Lakewood Forest Preserve since escaping from a trailer last September. Advertisement "The goal is to have the farm animal removed by Memorial Day weekend, when preserve ...