BSF purchased by Cook County Forest Preserves
Cook County Forest Preserves is the new owner of Bluff Spring Fen. Congratulations?
The district Tuesday approved obtaining the 163-acre parcel for a mere $350,000  and even that money will come from a private grant.
The jewel of the fen is the Bluff Spring Nature Preserve, an 87-acre portion where much restoration work has already been done. (Daily Herald 7/13/06)
This probably means easier access to the fen, perhaps via Gifford Road. I don’t think the Friends like the idea of easier access, but if it means the rest of the area gets cleaned up, it won’t be so bad. You can still spot a car submerged in one of the quarry ponds. Hopefully that’s the first thing they drag out of there.
I think BSF is now the westernmost property owned by Cook County Forest Preserves.
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Thanks for the warm words about Bluff Spring Fen (I’ve been co-steward since 1986). Not sure why you feel that Friends of the Fen don’t want better access for all. It’s what we have wanted for years. Come on out to a workday sometime. We’re the first and third Saturday of each month at 9:00 AM.
Thanks for the invitation, Doug.
About access, I guess I got the impression that the Friends weren’t too interested in better access because some people I talked to sounded ambivalent about the idea of a Poplar Creek trail running through there.
My view is that access as it is now is just fine…