Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
-
What’s next for Spring Brook restoration in Blackwell Forest Preserve?Jun 30, 2025 6:32 pm - Spring Brook Creek now takes more of a snakelike course through St. James Farm and Blackwell forest preserves near Warrenville as a result of a large-scale restoration project.
-
‘People don't know this’: Why MLK came to DuPage County in 1967Jun 29, 2025 9:00 pm - Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in DuPage County. That lost history now is being celebrated again by those who wish to preserve it and seek to carry on King’s work.
-
Arlington Heights man still missing after search of Long Grove forest preserveJun 24, 2025 6:08 pm - Authorities searched the Buffalo Creek Forest Preserve in Long Grove on Tuesday afternoon for an Arlington Heights man reported missing in the area Monday night.
-
‘It’s fun to bird with others’: Why DuPage Birding Club is going strong at 40 yearsJun 24, 2025 1:27 pm - The DuPage Birding Club is still flying high after 40 years of welcoming fledglings and veteran birders alike. The secret? Fresh ideas and rotating leadership.
-
DuPage Forest Preserve District officer honored for youth outreach workJun 16, 2025 3:48 pm - Kim Eversole, a 14-year veteran of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County police department, was named a 2025 Illinois Juvenile Officers Association Officer of the Year for her outstanding efforts to connect local youth with nature and law enforcement.
-
New pedestrian bridge planned for Maple Grove Forest PreserveJun 12, 2025 12:58 pm - The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County board is looking to replace an aging pedestrian bridge at Maple Grove Forest Preserve near downtown Downers Grove.
-
Land donation will ensure age-old bur oak will be protected in perpetuityJun 11, 2025 4:31 pm - The Lake County forest preserve system again will be expanding with three acquisitions including a gift being made to protect an irreplaceable part of the landscape thought to have begun its life before the American Revolution.
-
‘While we still have time’: DuPage County ecologists working to save endangered dragonflyJun 08, 2025 9:00 pm - Ecologists with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County are working to preserve the endangered Hine’s emerald dragonfly.
-
Durbin helps mark latest addition to wildlife refuge in McHenry CountyJun 08, 2025 2:40 pm - Creating the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, an 11,200-acre sanctuary spanning from northern Illinois to southern Wisconsin, took a modest financial investment for future generations, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said as he stood on the refuge’s latest acquisition last week.
-
Coroner: 12-year-old boy died of drowning in Willow SpringsJun 07, 2025 5:14 pm - A 12-year-old boy died Friday night from a drowning incident at Camp Bullfrog Lake in Willow Springs, authorities said.