July 11, 2018
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Armed with nice cameras with huge lenses, binoculars and bug spray, Eddie and Brett Kasper of Western Springs set out for a quick hike at Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve in Oak...
Catching Nature
Read about people who catch nature in DuPage forest preserves.
Nature (10)
June 12, 2018
Drawing on Nature for Inspiration
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
For a group of area artists, there is something exquisitely refreshing about plein air painting, perfected by artists like Monet, Renoir and Georgia O’Keeffe. From May through...
June 6, 2018
Shedd Volunteers Explore Fullersburg Woods Night Life
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Using a high-tech bat detector, District ecologist Brian Kraskiewicz helped participants hear five different calls from the hoary bat at a recent Shedd Aquarium Spring Volunteer...
May 17, 2018
Man's Hobby Provides Fun, Friendship and Fresh Air
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Paul KramerModel craft enthusiast
I started building model airplanes in grammar school and began flying them a couple years later. I didn’t know of any local model airplane clubs,...