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A move by some members of the Waukegan City Council’s Environment and Sustainability Committee to allow residents to forego cutting their lawns in May to benefit the environment is gaining support, and Mayor Sam Cunningham wants to see a contemplative approach.

Gaining popularity in parts of the U.S. as the “No Mow May” movement, Ald. Lynn Florian, 8th Ward, proposed the idea to her colleagues on the committee. She said it is a way to help the bee population and other pollinators make flowers grow.

Florian said participants who choose not to cut their grass in May — and place a sign in their yard letting city code enforcement inspectors know the high grass is both intentional and permissible — would not be cited for letting it grow tall.

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