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Get in on the fun! Watch our viral video explaining the 17-year cicada's lifecycle, and then share it with a friend!
Keep an Eye Out for Early Spring Insects
While you’re out enjoying spring wildflowers, keep an eye out for insect harbingers of spring.
Registration is open for our day camps for kids entering first through eighth grades!
Native Plant Sale
Friday, May 17 • 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, May 18 • 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Shop in person for native flowers, grasses, shrubs, and trees!
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Volunteer
Share your time and talents to help restore habitats, care for wildlife, and host recreational and cultural programs by joining our corps of individual and group volunteers.
Be Our Friend
Your generosity sustains DuPage forest preserves and inspires the work we do to make them extraordinary places to visit.
Become a Community Partner
Partner with the nonprofit Friends of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County to help connect people to nature.
Who We Are
To acquire and hold lands for the purpose of preserving the flora, fauna and scenic beauty for the education, pleasure and recreation of DuPage County citizens
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