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County Forest Preserve Districts

• Forest Preserve Districts are authorized by the state legislature. Most counties in IL do not have forest preserve districts.

• Cook, Dupage, Kane, Lake & Will Counties have forest preserve districts.

• The FPDCC owns 67,000 acres, between 10 and 11% of Cook County.

Speaker Notes:

The FPDCC currently has the same Board of Commissioners as the County Board. There is a bill in the IL legislature to separate the boards, ie to create a separate forest preserve board.

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