Gabe Lareau

November 14, 2025

Banding Together, Part 2

Gabe Lareau

In early June 2025, Forest Preserve District staff with the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship program huddled around a remote forest preserve picnic table. On the...

July 21, 2025

Banding Together, Part 1

Gabe Lareau

Gray catbirds live up to their name.

When one is caught — even safely by a trained professional — it will squirm, trilling and chirping in a way that’s only a stone’s throw from a...

July 14, 2025

Re-Seeding Natives and Receding Invasives

Gabe Lareau

On one of the first warm days of spring, Natural Resources senior maintenance tech Tanya Ziobrowski stood in Glasshagel Prairie at Timber Ridge Forest Preserve in West Chicago....

June 23, 2025

This Land is Your Land

Gabe Lareau

In many ways, each forest preserve across DuPage County reflects a different chapter in American history. Around the turn of the 20th century, Kline Creek Farm ushered in the...