The Forest Preserve District’s picnic shelters, trails, parking lots and other developed areas make up only 10 percent of the forest preserve system. The remaining 90 percent remains in a natural state. To that end, the District works to create ecological conditions that sustain and preserve native plant and animal communities in DuPage County’s prairies, wetlands and woodlands.
Read about the diverse plants and animals that live in DuPage County’s forest preserves and ways that Forest Preserve District ecologists monitor and manage certain species.
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage works to foster ecological conditions that sustain and preserve native plant and animal communities in the county’s prairies, wetlands and woodlands.
The District monitors and manages mosquito populations in DuPage County forest preserves, including using larvacide to control the Culex mosquito which may, if infected, transmit West Nile virus.
3S580 Naperville Road
Wheaton, IL 60189
Visitor Services
Monday – Friday
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Saturdays through Aug. 27
(except July 2)
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Phone: 630-933-7200
Email: forest@dupageforest.org
Police: 630-933-7240
Email: police@dupageforest.org
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