2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Republican President Pierotti caught on video tape! [View all]LindySullivan
(9 posts)It must be certain that everyone knows Pierotti is lying when he accuses Kirchenberg of only going to meetings to make critical statements. Kirchenberg has been working hard for decades to help protect the trees, trails and trail users. He served as a volunteer as President of the IL Prairie Path for over 7 years and on the organization's board of directors for 9. He is also the ongoing Voluntary Chairman of the Friends of the Great Western Trails. He founded the Friends of the GWTs group and has been leading it for 12 years to the benefit of the trail, trail users and surrounding communities.
In addition he lead the fight for the preservation of over 8 acres of unique forest in DuPage County. This property was saved from a proposed development of 46 townhomes with a new street crossing on the IL Prairie Path in Glen Ellyn. This land is now the Glacial Ridge Forest Preserve of DuPage County. It is a unique and some say important part of DuPage County because it was never developed and offers groupings of trees that they do not even have at the Morton Arboretum. Here are some news stories from Chicago Wilderness about this special and very successful effort. Check the Saving Kame article here http://www.chicagowilderness.org/CW_Archives/issues/winter2002/newswild.html
AND check out a report on the success of Kirchenberg's leadership in saving this parcel of land http://www.chicagowilderness.org/CW_Archives/issues/spring2005/news/dupagekame.html