Catching Nature

May 24, 2019

Catching Nature Through Trail Watch

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Jane HalburTrail Watch volunteer, nature photographer

I’ve been interested in nature since early on, but I didn’t discover the DuPage forest preserves until about 2008 when I...

May 17, 2019

Catching Nature through Photography & Volunteering

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Sheila NewenhamVolunteer, photographer, artist, blogger

I’ve spent my free time outside for as long as I can remember. As a child, playing outside until darkness fell, as a young...

April 10, 2019

Darien Man Touched by Nature

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Glenn Gabanski vividly remembers feeding a mountain chickadee a sunflower seed by hand while visiting his sister in Lake Tahoe.

March 28, 2019

Cycling a Love of Nature

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Adam CaulkCycling a Love of Nature I’ve lived in DuPage County for the last 16 years. My wife, two sons, and chocolate lab all enjoy going for hikes in the forest on weekends.

March 14, 2019

Lombard Woman's Love of Nature Drives Her to Serve

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Kim White remembers childhood summers alongside her grandmother in the garden, watching monarch butterflies flit about the milkweed, looking for tadpoles and rescuing toads from...

February 21, 2019

Man's Love of Birding Fuels Passion for Springbrook Prairie

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Joe Suchecki has many interests, including photography, gardening and bicycling.

September 26, 2018

Woman Finds Way to Connect with, Help Wildlife at Willowbrook

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Vanessa Gallt always wanted to work with animals, and she found the perfect outlet as an animal care volunteer at the District’s Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn. She...

August 22, 2018

Volunteer Shares History of St. James Farm

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Kathy Isoda was drawn to St. James Farm Forest Preserve in Warrenville because it was an opportunity to be part of a new forest preserve, and she loved its equestrian roots.

August 8, 2018

Catching Nature Through Volunteer Work

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Bob Young has found the perfect outlet for his two passions: being outdoors and on the water. He serves as a volunteer zebra mussel monitor and volunteer ranger for the Forest...

July 16, 2018

Volunteer Finds Happiness Monitoring Bluebirds

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Helen Metanchuk rummages through the trunk of her car as she dons her vest, binoculars, tools and notebook and pen and sets out to check the 12 bluebird nest boxes on her route at