April 20, 2021
The Hidden History of Fullersburg Woods
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
When you visit a DuPage forest preserve to connect with nature, you don’t often consider its history and how it came to be developed as a preserve.
DuPage Forest Blog
Read the latest blog story from the Forest Preserve District, and connect to nature in DuPage.
April 16, 2021
Reminder Not to Harvest Plants in the Preserves
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
As more plants and mushrooms emerge in the spring, it’s a good time to remind visitors not to harvest things — especially wild leeks and mushrooms — from DuPage forest preserves.
April 9, 2021
Partnership Mussels Into Chicago River
The DuPage Forest Preserve District recently embarked on a new and unique partnership with Urban Rivers, a nonprofit organization based in Chicago with a mission to transform city...
March 31, 2021
The warmer weather brings more people outside after a long, cold winter. But they’re not the only ones that emerge with the warmer temperatures.
March 25, 2021
Stressed Out? We've Got Just the Thing
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Still recovering from 2020? If you’re like most people, the stress of the pandemic, working from home and e-learning has taken its toll.
March 17, 2021
The Hidden History of Winfield Mounds
With the passage of time, nature disguises the land’s cultural legacy, covering the marks of human impact and often protecting the past with brush and vegetation, but this can...
March 10, 2021
As we celebrate International Solar Appreciation Day on Thursday, March 10, let’s look at the many ways we benefit from the sun and how we can harness its energy to help create...
March 9, 2021
Owl's Story Tugs at Donor's Heartstrings
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Sandy Youngstrom of Naperville is a wildlife enthusiast who not only enjoys bringing birds, insects and mammals to her own backyard but also supporting wild animals in her...
March 1, 2021
Meet Some of the District's Wonder Women 2021
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Women’s History Month is a great time to reflect on the hard work and dedication of women in all walks of life. We’d like you to meet some of the women who work at the DuPage...
February 24, 2021
“Never forget the trail, look ever for the track in the snow; it is the priceless, unimpeachable record of the creature's life and thought, in the oldest writing known on the...
February 19, 2021
The Hidden History of Hidden Lake
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Relics of the former lives of DuPage forest preserves are often hidden in plain sight, but without context they have no meaning.
February 5, 2021
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Valentine’s Day is a day we celebrate relationships but even more than that, it is a day to celebrate love.
January 29, 2021
Why Groundhogs Hit Snooze on Their Holiday
How lucky it is that groundhogs, also known as woodchucks or whistle pigs, have a famous holiday named after them.
January 28, 2021
Bird of the Year: the Pileated Woodpecker
They are master excavators, noisy borers and the basis for a cartoon character. And now the pileated woodpecker has been chosen as the 2021 bird of the year by the American...
January 20, 2021
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Go nuts over squirrels on National Squirrel Appreciation Day!
Held annually on Jan. 21 — in the middle of winter when food sources may be scarce — this unofficial holiday was...
January 19, 2021
Mayslake Art Exhibit "Double Vision: Cooperative Art"
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what about art? It too is subject to interpretation, as two artistic groups from Mayslake Peabody Estate prove in their...
January 6, 2021
Engineer Devises System to Stop Zebra Mussel Spread
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
A longtime battle to keep invasive zebra mussels in the West Branch Forest Preserve’s Deep Quarry Lake in Bartlett from spreading to the adjacent West Branch DuPage River took an...
December 15, 2020
Start a New Chapter with Mayslake Book Club
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Explore nature, art and history as it relates to the natural world with Mayslake's “Nature Art & Culture Peabody’s Pages Book Club Three-Part Discussion,” which starts its second...
December 11, 2020
The events of 2020 have been a great lesson for many aspects of my life. At the top of the list, I have gained an even greater appreciation for the work I do to help the natural...
December 2, 2020
As the Seasons Change: A Soil Opera
Soil. Mud. Dirt. Earth. That stuff on the ground that’s always been there and always looks pretty much the same. Not too much happening down there, right? Wrong.