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DuPage County Forest Preserve District
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DuPage forest district looking to revitalize Mayslake Peabody Estate
Oct 16, 2019 9:32 AM - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is launching an initiative to revitalize the Mayslake Peabody Estate by expanding offerings at the Oak Brook site and making people more aware of what's already there. -
Filles and fall go together at Danada festival in Wheaton
Oct 13, 2019 6:53 PM - Fillies, foals and fall came together Sunday when the Danada Equestrian Center at Danada Forest Preserve in Wheaton held its annual Fall Festival. -
Volunteers needed to help spruce up two DuPage forest preservesOct 11, 2019 10:14 AM - Volunteers of all ages are invited to help local habitats by removing litter at two DuPage County forest preserves. Both cleanups are scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon. The first is on Make a Difference Day Oct. 26 at the East Branch Forest Preserve near Glendale Heights and the second is on Random Acts of Kindness Day Nov. 2 at Hidden Lake Forest Preserve near Downers Grove.
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Drivers warned deer-vehicle collisions increase in fall
Oct 3, 2019 9:55 AM - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is urging drivers to slow down and stay alert to avoid deer-vehicle crashes this fall when the animals' breeding season increases the risk of accidents. -
Learn corn harvesting techniques at Kline Creek Farm
Oct 1, 2019 11:56 AM - Visitors can get some firsthand experience this month harvesting corn using techniques from the 1890s at Kline Creek Farm near West Chicago. -
Fall trout season opens Oct. 19 in DuPage County
Sep 30, 2019 12:33 PM - The fall rainbow trout season will open at 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at three Forest Preserve District of DuPage County lakes. -
Construction begins on new clubhouse at rebuilt Oak Meadows course
Sep 18, 2019 8:41 AM - A new clubhouse at The Preserve at Oak Meadows will finally replace a Tudor-style original destroyed by a fire more than a decade ago. -
Forest preserve restoring Spring Brook in Blackwell
Sep 17, 2019 5:16 PM - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is continuing work on a large-scale restoration project along Spring Brook -- a tributary of the West Branch of the DuPage River -- that runs through Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville. -
See grasses in all their glory at a suburban tallgrass prairie
Sep 16, 2019 6:00 AM - A tall-grass prairie in September is one of the best antidotes for screen fatigue that I know. Here, the grasses are in their glory, towering above all else and waving their flowers with abandon.
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Ecologists continue to monitor Herrick Lake near Wheaton for harmful algal bloom
Sep 16, 2019 6:02 PM - Water samples at Herrick Lake tested negative Monday for the toxins produced by blue-green algae. But a forest preserve ecologist cautioned that forecasts for relatively warm tempatures are ripe conditions for agal blooms to grow.
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