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Upcoming Activities
of Interest
April
20, 12:00 – 3:00 PM, at
Concord Square Park – Tree Planting
Event.
Visit greeenergrove.org
for information.
April 24, 4:00-5:00 PM, Blodgett
Homestead Architecture Tour.
Visit https://www.dgparks.org/downers-grove-museum-programs-tours
and click on “view
current museum programs” for
information and signup.
April 27, 9:00 – 10:30 AM, PDHA
Wildflower Walk at Lyman Woods.
Check http://www.pdha.org/2024_LW_Walk.html.
April 27 - May 4, Founders Fest
2024 Sponsored
by the DG Historical Society and others.
May 25, 1:30 – 2:30 PM, Sears Home
Walking Tour DG Park District.
Starts
at Fishel Park.
Visit https://www.dgparks.org/downers-grove-museum-programs-tours
and click on “view
current museum programs” for
information and signup.
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Morton
Arboretum Updates Chicagoland
Tree Census
In 2020, The
Morton Arboretum partnered with
Davey Resource Group Inc. and the
Student Conservation Association to
conduct its second tree census,
remeasuring 1,576 plots in the city
of Chicago and the seven surrounding
counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane,
Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will to
gain a comparative snapshot of the
regional forest and the benefits it
provides.
The first
census was in 2010. For the whole
seven-county area, the number of
trees and shrubs increased from
157,142,000 in 2010 to 172,297,000
in 2020, representing more than 194
species. In 2020, the regional
forest tree and shrub canopy cover
was assessed to be 23%, an increase
from 21% in 2010. In DuPage County,
the canopy cover increased from 26%
in 2010 to 31% in 2020.
Although the
number of trees and shrubs and the
canopy coverage did increase, the
study notes that a large percentage
of the canopy is composed of species
considered invasive, such as
European buckthorn and tree of
heaven. Detailed discussion of the
tree census findings may be found
at: https://mortonarb.org/science/tree-census/
In addition,
based on earlier data, the Chicago
Region Trees Initiative (CRTI) has
developed community-specific tree
canopy summaries, including Downers
Grove and many other
Chicago area towns.
The above
images and corresponding ones for
other communities may be found at: http://chicagorti.org/CanopySummaries/
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Historic
Preservation Activities
The Village's
historic preservation program was
revised in 2015, contributing to an
increased interest in landmarking
homes and other structures. Since
then twenty-nine historic features
have been granted local landmark
status in Downers Grove –– nine
structures in 2016, another nine in
2017, four more in 2018, four
historic features in 2019 and one
each year in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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