Trading or selling forest preserve property is bad public policy, and it should happen only in very rare circumstances when the arguments in favor of it are exceptionally compelling.
In the most recent example, plans are afoot to make 52 acres of the 774-acre Waukegan Savanna available to allow for a longer runway at the Waukegan National Airport at the northwest edge of that city. Trees would be cut down for a safety zone. The idea has been floating around for years, but now federal money has become available for the runway.
