Fall color walks, Kankakee forest preserves

Jean Hurrle, program director of the Kankakee River Valley Forest Preserve District, will lead tours this month to focus on the many native prairie plants that are at their most beautiful in late summer and early fall.

The walks are:

• At 5 p.m. Sunday to celebrate the autumn equinox at the Aroma Land and Water Preserve, on Hieland Road, 1 1/4 miles south of Illinois Route 17; and

• At 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at Gar Creek Prairie, on River Road, east of U.S. Routes 45-52 on Kankakee's south side.

Google maps and GPS coordinates can be found online at www.krvfpd.org. For information call Hurrle at 815-549-9072.

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