Catching Nature

June 21, 2021

Nature Puts Life in Perspective for Man

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Nature helps put life in perspective for Melvin Godson and provides a way to disconnect from technology and daily stresses. It also helped him get through the pandemic.

June 10, 2021

Teen Birder Gives Back to Preserves

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Alex DeBear is a 16-year-old birder from Naperville. He has a deep love for all things nature related, including photography, citizen science and creating art with natural...

May 26, 2021

Nature Keeps Couple Physically, Mentally Active

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Nature and the outdoors help Rick and Lisa Hootman keep mentally, physically and socially active. They like hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, reading and attending academic...

May 4, 2021

Nature Provides Lifelong Learning for Teacher

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

As a retired teacher, it only makes sense that John Cebula continues to teach. He’s active in the DuPage Birding Club and presents many bird-related program throughout the area.

April 22, 2021

Woman at Home on the Prairie

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

When Cindy Crosby and her husband first moved to DuPage County in 1998, she was afraid there wouldn’t be much in the way of natural areas in the suburbs. To her delight, she...

April 6, 2021

Volunteer Forges Connection to Nature

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Jim Fousek is a volunteer trades interpreter at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. He has been blacksmithing for a little over 20 years, first with the Lisle Heritage Society and...

March 25, 2021

Woman Finds Peace in Nature

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Rita Guill credits her mother with instilling a love of nature in her. She and her husband, John, are carrying on that tradition with their kids: Nathaniel (18), Aidan (17),...

March 11, 2021

Man Captures Beauty of Nature

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Henry Kim is a lifelong DuPage County resident who has found many ways to connect to nature.

February 9, 2021

Woman Cultivates Connection to Nature

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Marian Pezdek has loved gardening ever since she was a little girl planting alongside her mother in her gardens.

January 20, 2021

Photographer Captures Beauty of Nature

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Ian McLeod and his wife moved to DuPage County from Chicago to start a family more than 20 years ago. Now they have two daughters, Emily and Katie, and two golden retrievers,...