The next Crochet for Wildlife program will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11, outdoors at Hidden Lakes Trout Farm at Hidden Oaks Preserve in Bolingbrook.

The DuPage County forest preserve board is moving to promote a senior district leader as its next executive director

The goal is to make it easier for commercial fishing companies to remove the fish and prevent them from reaching Lake Michigan.

Discuss nature-inspired novels while walking the grounds of Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon.

The three-week closure of the nature preserve in Homer Glen is necessary for the entrance road to be replaced.

For the first time in more than 200 years, a baby bison has been born in a Kane County forest preserve. For the American Indian Center, the birth represents a larger reconnection with the land and their shared history. Visitors to the park can see the "red dog" fuzzy calf.

“It was just a magical moment, with that light and the bluebells. Something extra special," Michelle Wendling said of her award-winning photo taken at O’Hara Woods Preserve in Romeoville.

Search for spring wildflowers and learn the stories, uses and lore behind these fleeting blooms on a guided hike. Register by May 13.

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will offer a volunteer cleanup event on May 17 for community members to help clean the Fabyan Windmill.

Try your luck at catching fish and compete for prizes awarded for the biggest catch at the adult fishing derby at Hidden Lakes.

With less than a mile to go, DuPage County forest preserve leaders are tantalizingly close to completing a regional trail system years in the making

Officials have a gender and approximate age for skeletal remains found last month in a Kane County forest preserve.

More bones have been found near a human skulls located by a someone walking in a Kane County forest preserve, prompting police to open a death investigation.

A person walking in the woods in Carpentersville Sunday found a human skull, according to Kane County officials.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County begins heron viewing hours at the Lake Renwick Heron Rookery every 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays through Aug. 9.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County said it has documented multiple cases of wildlife harmed by discarded fishing line.

Backpack Biologists meets 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, May 1-31, at Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Bolingbrook:

The photo was captured at Whalon Lake in Naperville. Laurie Lasseter captured a dramatic moment between a bald eagle and a herring gull.

Free, all-ages activities will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 25 at the Will County forest preserve.

Will County’s best bike trails are for casual riders or serious cyclists.

From 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Hoover Forest Preserve, located at 11285 W. Fox Road, Yorkville, will host a Earth Day event. Earth Day was started on April 22, 1970, to show the importance of protecting the planet’s resources.

The three Will County forest preserve projects and engineering for the Lockport Trail are being funded by the 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program.

Fox Valley's Preservation Partners guided restoration of Nelle Fabyan dress, touted as the only one by French designer Georges Doeuillet to be displayed in public anywhere in the world.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville, was able to secure $250,000 in federal funding for the Bentley Road Pathway Connection, which is part of the DuPage River Trail

Search for spring wildflowers on Tuesday, April 21 at Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Bolingbrook. Check out Birding for Beginners on Saturday, April 25, at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County purchased almost 106 acres north of Bruce Road and east of Cedar Road around Messenger Woods Nature Preserve in Homer Glen.

Recycle old or unused bicycles through Forest Preserve District of Will County to benefit Working Bikes, which refurbishes and distributes bikes worldwide.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County has announced its program schedule for the first week of April.

Work is nearing completion on the Mary M. Subat Nature Center in the Subat Forest Preserve in Plano and the Hoover-Fox River Bluffs trail connection.

The event, held March 14 at the Braidwood Recreation Club, raised more than $175,000 with the Forest Preserve District contributing $3,700.

This upgrade reflects the county’s strong financial management and growing economic base, Kendall County said in announcing the rating change.

Join a naturalist to search in Will County forest preserves for early spring wildflowers like anemone, Dutchman’s breeches, trillium and hepatica, while learning about these fleeting blooms.

The donation will go towards Forest Preserve District of Will County programs, conservation efforts and exhibits.

The free, all-ages event will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 at Four Rivers Environmental Education in Channahon.

Once an improbable sighting, wild swans have returned to the Fox River Valley and across Kane County. Local environmental efforts over the decades have helped the resurgence.

Dog park users and their pups are invited to warm up with coffee, cocoa and social time at Lower Rock Run Preserve in Joliet

The Rock Run Greenway Trail from Black Road to Essington Avenue in Joliet will be closed on Thursday due to a prescribed burn.

Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon invites families out to family movie night on Friday. Registration is required.

There is a fatal neurological disease that makes deer lose their fear of humans. As the brain and central nervous system deteriorate, the deer “wastes” away.

Bison returned to Kane County native prairie late last year, and the forest preserve district's programs to see the animals have generated strong interest.

Monthly winners receive prizes and advance to the final round for a shot at top honors in the forest preserve district's “Preserve the Moment” photo contest.

Learn about the courtship behaviors of birds at the Subat Forest Preserve in Kendall County.

Learn what makes snakes unique, explore common species found in Will County and meet Ramen, the resident snake ambassador at Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Bolingbrook.

The restoration of more than 600 acres at Lockport Prairie and Prairie Bluff preserves took six years of work by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, the Army Corps and Resource Environmental Solutions LLC.

Sample different mocktails, learn about their connection to the Will County forest preserves, enjoy activity stations and more at Isle a la Cache Museum.

Learn about the important and often misunderstood coyote, including where they live, how they communicate, at Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Bolingbrook on Friday.

The Kane County forest preserve district was awarded a $600,000 grant as part of a $2M project to build an elevated wildlife observation overlook at Muirhead Springs Forest Preserve.

The exhibit features entries from the annual Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest, along with 55 pieces created by students. Select entries become collectible stamps.

The cold weather Saturday was a fitting context for the Forest Preserve District of Kane County's Polar-Palooza, which offered nature-inspired activities like games, crafts and learning stations outdoors and indoors at Creek Bend Nature Center in St. Charles.

Volunteers are needed for the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service events.