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Forest Preserve Offers Golf Gift Cards, Tree Recycling

Looking for a last minute gift for the golfer?

 

Need some last minute gift ideas? Surprise the golfer in your life with a golf gift card for use at any Lake County Forest Preserve Golf Club: Brae Loch (Grayslake), Countryside (Mundelein) and ThunderHawk (Beach Park). Purchase online, by phone at 847-968-3100, or at the Forest Preserves General Offices in Libertyville. The General Offices are open for gift card sales 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Open 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 23. 

Drop off your Christmas tree with the Lake County Forest Preserves for recycling. Donated trees are chipped and used for trails and for landscaping at forest preserves throughout Lake County. Bring your tree to a drop-off site at one of the following forest preserves:

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Drop-offs accepted at the marked sites only between Dec. 28 and Jan. 31. Only undecorated, real Christmas trees can be accepted; no yard waste. Commercial drop-offs are prohibited. Lake County Forest Preserves are open from 6:30 a.m. to sunset, daily.


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