Officials launch ambitious program that will transform local landscape: 'Restores the balance'

Officials launch ambitious program that will transform local landscape: 'Restores the balance'

Romeoville, a suburb outside Chicago, will plant 2,500 trees native to Illinois throughout the community as part of a new program, according to CBS Chicago. Work is scheduled to start this fall and will continue into the spring of 2026. Officials will remove invasive species that damage natural habitats and add trees where storms or disease have created bare spots. The village will plant the new trees in neighborhoods, along roads, on recreation…