July 24, 2019
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Ron Olsen spends many hours at The Preserve at Oak Meadows golf course in the summer, but he doesn’t golf.
Catching Nature
Read about people who catch nature in DuPage forest preserves.
Locations (6)
July 12, 2019
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Connie SchmidtOutdoor enthusiast
I have lived in Warrenville in DuPage County since 1982, raising two children with my husband Michael. We board horses and have chickens, dogs and...
June 25, 2019
Finding a Sweet Spot for Nature
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Alicia DonovanVolunteer beekeeper
I'm a volunteer beekeeper at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago. I’ve been part of their beekeeping program for over a year. I got interested in...
June 12, 2019
Lombard Man a Jack-of-all-Trades for Nature
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Jimmy Tyson learned from his father the importance of being a jack-of-all- trades in his approach to work, but Tyson has expanded that principle to his approach to nature and...
June 6, 2019
Trees, Photography and History Root Woman in Nature
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Heidi CarpenterHistory buff, nature photographer, tree lover
I’ve loved nature from the time I was a small child. I moved from the north suburbs to Chicago to go to Columbia...
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...
May 9, 2019
Woodridge Man Has Quite a Fish Tale
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Richard Karun has been exploring DuPage forest preserves ever since he moved to DuPage County in 1995.
April 10, 2019
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
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.