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Forest Preserve Fleet Earns Top Green Garage Recognition

District’s innovative fleet maintenance program earns national recognition

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Forest Preserve District Board Approves $126.7 Million Budget To Advance Key Projects in 2025

District’s board approves 2025 budget and 2024 tax levy

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Forest Preserve District To Receive $600,000 Grant From Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grant will support improvements at Greene Valley

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Winter Holidays in the 1890s

Thursdays – Mondays  
1o a.m. –4 p.m.
Kline Creek Farm, West Chicago

Step back in time with a guided tour of the 1890s farmhouse! Learn how farm families decorated the tree, exchanged gifts, and prepared food for the holidays.

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We're continually working to restore natural areas, improve outdoor recreational experiences, and invest in existing facilities in DuPage County's forest preserves.

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Share your time and talents to help restore habitats, care for wildlife, and host recreational and cultural programs by joining our corps of individual and group volunteers.

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Your generosity sustains DuPage forest preserves and inspires the work we do to make them extraordinary places to visit.

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Become a Community Partner

Partner with the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to help connect people to nature.

Who We Are

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Our Mission

To acquire and hold lands for the purpose of preserving the flora, fauna and scenic beauty for the education, pleasure and recreation of DuPage County citizens

26,000

Acres

175

Miles of Trails

60

Forest Preserves

5.5 Million

Annual Visitors