The Santa Rosa County Commission put the finishing touches Thursday on the purchase of 545 acres, most of it along the East Bay River, that will be held in perpetuity as a sanctuary for threatened and ...

Santa Rosa County commissioners voted 4-1 this week to deny their own zoning board's recommendation to require developers to keep 25% of their subdivision properties natural, prompting outrage from ...

I grew up in Lake County, Illinois, surrounded by neighborhood parks and county forest preserves. The Lake County Forest Preserve District purchased as much property (that was prone to flooding) as ...