Read recent articles about restoration opposition in our area.

"'They seem to think this is one big laboratory said [Bunker Hill resident Deb] Domick,'... Domick believes that with the struggling economy there is no reason they should be spending money on turning forests into prairie."

-Tracy Yoshida Gruen, The Bugle

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"[Alderman Brian Doherty] said that he believes the burns are being conducted too close to homes. 'My concern is burning near urban, residential areas,' Doherty said... He said that in some instances the burns have been poorly supervised and and that volunteers who conducted a burn have left the area while cinders were still smoldering. "

-Brian Nadig, Nadig Reporter & Journal

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"This spring, aldermen started hearing from constituents, among them Ald. Brian Doherty, whose 41st Ward is to the west of LaBagh Woods. He took a look and didn't like what he saw: Not just saplings but mature trees had been cut down, he said. To him, it seemed someone wanted to get the job done before political winds turned again."

-Ron Grossman, The Chicago Tribune

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"'The restoration movement has flourished by claiming the mantle of environmentalism while they deforest our woods, poison our water table and release smoke particulates into the air, so we appeal to Chicago's green community as well as to scrutinize this greenwashing more closely and denounce practices that are inconsistent with Chicago's burgeoning global environmental reputation,' Birman said in a statement."

-Cyryl Jakubowski, Nadig Newspapers

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