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Catching Nature

Read about people who catch nature in DuPage forest preserves.

    Conservation

    June 21, 2022

    Birding, Volunteering Connect Woman to Nature

    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

    Nancy Allured has been a DuPage Forest Preserve District volunteer since 2003, first at the native plant nursery at Blackwell Forest Preserve, then bird monitoring at Timber Ridge...

    March 8, 2022

    Woman Pursues Passion for Nature

    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

    Stephanie Scurtu lives in DuPage County with her husband, Brian, their corn snakes Jimmy and Timmy, and their rats Teddy and Phoebe.

    November 30, 2021

    Love of Nature Fuels Woman's Activism

    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

    One of the paths Lonnie Morris took into nature was gardening as a kid with her father. Her family’s history of gardening has roots in her grandfather’s strawberry farm. Her...

    February 23, 2021

    Scientist Explores Nature in Detail

    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

    Andrew Hipp enjoys being outside, canoeing, biking and exploring.

    October 20, 2020

    Man Finds True Calling in Nature

    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

    Denis Kania graduated from college with a degree in computer science and worked in applications development for more than 20 years. By then, he had grown tired of the corporate...

    March 25, 2020

    Nature is a Classroom for Teacher

    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

    Kiel Smith is a firm believer that there is much to learn from nature. The science teacher at Metea Valley High School in Aurora is also a steward of the Forest Preserve...

    July 24, 2019

    Making a Home for Bluebirds

    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.

    July 12, 2019

    Finding Mindfulness in Nature

    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...