June 14, 2021
Hidden History of Hidden Lake Bridge
On a breezy May afternoon, I stood on an old bridge that spans the East Branch DuPage River at Hidden Lake Forest Preserve in Downers Grove, talking to people as they crossed the...
DuPage Forest Blog
Read the latest blog story from the Forest Preserve District, and connect to nature in DuPage.
June 2, 2021
Hidden History of Glacial Ridge
Churchill Woods Forest Preserve in Glen Ellyn is one of the DuPage Forest Preserve District’s most popular forest preserves.
May 20, 2021
Harmful blue-green algae blooms have become an all-too-common occurrence on some forest preserve lakes lately.
May 10, 2021
More Love for Monarch Butterflies
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
The DuPage Forest Preserve District board of commissioners is pledging to support the Illinois Monarch Project, a public and private sector partnership whose goal is to add 150...
April 23, 2021
Setting the Stage for Restoration
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
This winter, the Forest Preserve District began restoration of Belleau Woods Forest Preserve in Wheaton with donor funds dedicated by the Friends of the Forest Preserve District.
April 20, 2021
The Hidden History of Fullersburg Woods
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
When you visit a DuPage forest preserve to connect with nature, you don’t often consider its history and how it came to be developed as a preserve.
April 16, 2021
Reminder Not to Harvest Plants in the Preserves
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
As more plants and mushrooms emerge in the spring, it’s a good time to remind visitors not to harvest things — especially wild leeks and mushrooms — from DuPage forest preserves.
April 9, 2021
Partnership Mussels Into Chicago River
The DuPage Forest Preserve District recently embarked on a new and unique partnership with Urban Rivers, a nonprofit organization based in Chicago with a mission to transform city...
March 31, 2021
The warmer weather brings more people outside after a long, cold winter. But they’re not the only ones that emerge with the warmer temperatures.
March 25, 2021
Stressed Out? We've Got Just the Thing
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Everyone has aspects of their life that stress them out. Whether your stress level is tangible or intangible as a generalized feeling of unease, spending a few minutes in nature...
March 17, 2021
The Hidden History of Winfield Mounds
With the passage of time, nature disguises the land’s cultural legacy, covering the marks of human impact and often protecting the past with brush and vegetation, but this can...
March 10, 2021
As we celebrate International Solar Appreciation Day on March 10, let’s look at the many ways we benefit from the sun and how we can harness its energy to help create clean...
March 9, 2021
Owl's Story Tugs at Donor's Heartstrings
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Sandy Youngstrom of Naperville is a wildlife enthusiast who not only enjoys bringing birds, insects and mammals to her own backyard but also supporting wild animals in her...
February 24, 2021
“Never forget the trail, look ever for the track in the snow; it is the priceless, unimpeachable record of the creature's life and thought, in the oldest writing known on the...
February 19, 2021
The Hidden History of Hidden Lake
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Relics of the former lives of DuPage forest preserves are often hidden in plain sight, but without context they have no meaning.
February 5, 2021
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Valentine’s Day is a day we celebrate relationships but even more than that, it is a day to celebrate love.
January 20, 2021
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Go nuts over squirrels on National Squirrel Appreciation Day.
Held annually on Jan. 21 — in the middle of winter when food sources may be scarce — this unofficial holiday was...
January 6, 2021
Engineer Devises System to Stop Zebra Mussel Spread
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
A longtime battle to keep invasive zebra mussels in the West Branch Forest Preserve’s Deep Quarry Lake in Bartlett from spreading to the adjacent West Branch DuPage River took an...
December 15, 2020
Start a New Chapter With Mayslake Book Club
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Explore nature, art and history as it relates to the natural world with Mayslake's “Nature Art & Culture Peabody’s Pages Book Club Three-Part Discussion,” which starts its second...
December 2, 2020
As the Seasons Change: A Soil Opera
Soil. Mud. Dirt. Earth. That stuff on the ground that’s always been there and always looks pretty much the same. Not too much happening down there, right? Wrong.