Village News
Woodlands Maintenance on Village-Owned Properties
February 1, 2019
In the next few weeks, you may notice woodland maintenance crews working on Village-owned properties. These teams are removing buckthorn, garlic mustard, and other non-natives that are destructive to our oak-hickory ecosystem. This work is the first step in our current ten-year stewardship program for Village-owned woodlands.
A little background:
The special qualit…
Attention Bird Feeder Watchers
November 26, 2018
The Christmas Bird Counts are a bird censusing project sponsored by the National Audubon Society that began in 1900. There are thousands of counts all over the Western Hemisphere. The counts are based on 15 mile diameter circles. Riverwoods is located within the Evanston North Shore Christmas Bird count, centered at Routes 41 and 68 (Dundee Road). The Evanston North Shore Bird Club is the local…
Electric Municipal Aggregation Progam
October 9, 2018
Before enrolling in the Program, you should evaluate the Village of Riverwoods aggregation rate to the rate you are currently paying for electric supply to determine if you would benefit from participation in the Program. You should review the terms and conditions associated with your current electric supply, or check directly with your current electric supplier, to determine if there are any p…
Riverwoods Water Supply
August 13, 2018
Recent news about contaminated drinking water in Chicago may understandably leave people wondering about the possibility of lead the Riverwoods water system. We offer the following to help address those concerns.
Lead water services are not uncommon in the older systems in the Chicago region and were used in homes built before lead was banned in 1986. The Riverwoods public water system, …