DuPage Forest Blog

May 26, 2026

Unplug to Recharge: Step Away From Screens and Into Nature to Improve Wellness

Greg Cappis

Allow us to introduce you to Lyman Fischer. Though a fictional character, Fischer struggles with 21st-century stressors that affect many people in DuPage County and beyond. 

May 6, 2026

Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary Part 2: A Changing Landscape

Emaly Allison and Abby Douglas

With America’s semiquincentennial upon us, it seems the perfect time to look back on the past 250 years of the land that is today’s Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. This...

April 1, 2026

Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary Part 1: A Natural Landscape

Craig Dorsey

 With America’ssemiquincentennialupon us, it seems the perfecttime to look back on the past 250 years of the land that is today’s Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. This...