DuPage Forest Blog | Conservation

When Waterfowl Run Afoul with Nests

on 4/1/20 4:08 PM By | Leigh Korreck | 0 Comments | Insider Conservation Nature Rehabilitation

Every spring and summer, Willowbrook Wildlife Center admits hundreds of orphaned young birds. We give as much care as is humanly possible, but the best parent for a bird is always a bird.

DuPage Forest Preserve District's Wonder Women

on 3/27/20 9:16 AM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Conservation Nature Rehabilitation

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’d like to tip our hat to the women who work at the DuPage Forest Preserve District.

Willowbrook Staff Reunite Owl Family

on 3/24/20 2:56 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Wildlife Conservation Nature Rehabilitation

A great horned owlet was reunited with its family in a North Aurora tree after it fell out of its nest.

Turning to Nature in a Time of Turmoil

on 3/17/20 4:19 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Trails Natural resources Health and wellness Recreation Take 5 Conservation Nature

Many of us are staying in our homes as the COVID-19 global pandemic has led to quarantines, closures and social distancing.

Spring is in the Air

on 2/27/20 3:43 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Locations Natural resources Recreation Wildlife Conservation Nature

March ushers in the official start of spring, and soon you’ll begin seeing signs of it everywhere. Once the snow melts, you may even be able to smell it as the ground starts to thaw to welcome early blooming wildflowers like spring beauties.

Get Healthy With Forest Therapy

on 2/20/20 10:19 AM By | Abby Dean | 0 Comments | Insider Health and wellness Recreation Take 5 Conservation Nature

Looking for new ways to improve wellness and promote relaxation this winter? Try forest therapy! Inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, forest therapy involves taking in the atmosphere of the forest. Translated as "forest bath," shinrin-yoku does not refer to actual bathing. Instead of submerging in water, forest bathers soak up the atmosphere of the forest.

Rare Northern Goshawk Released from Willowbrook

on 2/3/20 2:45 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Natural resources Wildlife Conservation Nature Rehabilitation

A spirited juvenile northern goshawk eagerly regained its freedom Thursday after being nursed back to health at Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn.

We've Got the Cure for Cabin Fever

on 1/30/20 1:35 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Locations Natural resources Recreation Wildlife Conservation Nature

Are you done with this weather? Are you fed up with being cooped up? Are you keeping a mental tally of how many days it's been since you've seen the sun, or have you started a countdown calendar to spring? It sounds like you've got a classic case of cabin fever!

District Rolls Out New Electric Vehicles

on 1/23/20 2:19 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Natural resources Conservation Nature

The DuPage Forest Preserve District is looking to add up to four more electric and hybrid vehicles to its award-winning fleet this year, after having much success with two electric vehicles added in 2019.

Ecologists Shed Light on Issues Facing Oaks

on 1/16/20 2:44 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Locations Natural resources Conservation Nature

Trail users at Herrick Lake Forest Preserve will soon see more forest through the trees along the southern portion of the preserve’s Green Heron trail.

Release Your Inner Hippie

on 12/30/19 4:21 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Locations Natural resources Recreation Wildlife Conservation Nature

Birkenstocks are back in style. Essential oils are all the rage. And “living green” is basically “the new black.”

Home for the Owl-idays

on 12/23/19 3:03 PM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Locations Volunteer Wildlife Conservation Nature Rehabilitation

Thanks to the dedicated staff at the Forest Preserve District’s Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn, a now-healthy short-eared owl has made its way back home in the wild in time for the owl-idays. (Sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves with that one! What a hoot!)

Be-leaf-ing

on 11/20/19 12:31 PM By | Dave Andrusyk | 0 Comments | Insider Natural resources Plants Wildlife Conservation Nature native plant

Autumn is a time to enjoy the crispness of the weather and the colors of the trees. The yellow, red and orange colors of the oaks, maples and hickories paint a beautiful landscape, making this time of year an experience in art.

Sandhill Cranes Overhead!

on 11/15/19 3:46 PM By | Keriann Dubina | 0 Comments | Insider Locations Natural resources Wildlife Conservation Nature

What is that loud, bugling call high in the sky? It's sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) on their fall migration!

Pelican Reunited with Birds of the Same Feather

on 10/22/19 11:35 AM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Locations Community partnership Wildlife Conservation Nature Rehabilitation

An injured American white pelican is back on track to fly south with its feathered friends after being treated at Willowbrook Wildlife Center and released near a flock of pelicans on the Des Plaines River in Will County.

Scientists Search for Clues to Grassland Bird Habitats

on 10/17/19 11:11 AM By | Forest Preserve District of DuPage County | 0 Comments | Insider Locations Natural resources Community partnership Plants Wildlife Conservation Nature native plant

More than a dozen ecologists from local conservation agencies toured the 1,800-acre Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve in Naperville recently to explore and learn more about the high-quality grassland habitat that has been transformed into a birder’s paradise by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.