ALT The Lake County Forest Preserve District (LCFPD) and Chicago Bears teamed up to combat common buckthorn at Halas Hall in Lake Forest on Friday, May 13. Visit Lake County maintains its partnership with Chicago Bears Training Camp at Halas Hall, along with the Illinois Office of Tourism. The Gurnee-located convention and visitors bureau also holds a partnership with the LCFPD and an abundance of the Libertyville-based district’s facilities and locations. Stay tuned for more details about the NFL organization’s training camp running this summer starting in mid-July. The group of 30-plus volunteers were given a run-down on proper cutting technique and safety practices to observe. Their goal was to clear about 0.3 acres of the invasive plant. According to a press release from the Bears, roughly 1.5 acres of the Bears’ property has been cleared of buckthorn so far, in addition to about 1.5 acres at Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve, adjacent to Halas Hall.