DuPage Forest Blog

June 4, 2018

Trail Segment Connects Two Counties

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

The Forest Preserve Districts of DuPage and Will opened a 1.25-mile trail connecting Greene Valley Forest Preserve in Naperville to Whalon Lake Forest Preserve in Bolingbrook on...

June 1, 2018

New McDowell Grove Bridge Reopens

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County officials celebrated the opening of the new two-lane entrance bridge at McDowell Grove Forest Preserve in Naperville at a May 29...

April 11, 2018

Forest Fave: Fullersburg Woods and Graue Mill

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Visitors expect to encounter nature and native wildlife at DuPage forest preserves, but it’s a bonus to experience history firsthand as well. Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in...

November 8, 2017

A Walk in the Woods with Our Four-Legged Friends

Jason Halm

Strolling through a forest preserve is great; walking with a best friend through a forest preserve is the best. I have a few best friends, but when I want to walk alone but not...

October 24, 2017

Fall in Love with Fall in Our Preserves

Jason Halm

Fall in DuPage County kicks off with the goldenrod bloom in September, and it’s the first sign that 90-degree days are coming to an end, in a predestined nod to the tipping planet.