The 595-acre St. James Farm contains more than 100 acres of woodlands, prairies and wetlands.
St. James Farm provides a variety of restored prairies, woodlands, and wetlands where over 300 species of native plants and animals thrive.
The Forest Preserve District and several partner agencies restored 2.3 miles of Spring Brook, a tributary of the West Branch DuPage River, at St. James Farm. Today, the restored creek connects to the surrounding floodplain, where nutrient-rich floodwaters flow into the forest preserve and its newly created wetlands. The floodplain stores and filters stormwater during heavy rain events.
The preserve is home to more than 300 native plant species and wildlife, including great blue herons, red-bellied woodpeckers, white-breasted nuthatches, coyotes, fox squirrels and white-tailed deer.
