The Forest Preserve District of Will County is inviting the owners of classic cars to exhibit their autos at a Classic Car Show at McKinley Woods - Kerry Sheridan Grove, in Channahon, on Saturday, June 23. The Classic Car Show will precede the Forest Preserve’s special event, “Music at McKinley,” a free, nighttime concert for ages 16 and older. More...

“Ride the Rock,” a free, family 16-mile group bike ride and festival sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of Will County, will return for the sixth year on Saturday, May 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Rock Run Greenway - I&M Canal Access, in Joliet. “Ride the Rock” is presented by Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center, the event’s title sponsor for 2012. More...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County is sponsoring a volunteer workday in Joliet on Saturday, April 21. Volunteers are invited to join employees from Comcast, JULIE, Inc., The Home Depot, Chicagoland Speedway, and Robinson Engineering to do site work at the Forest Preserve’s Rock Run Greenway - Black Road Access preserve. More...

The fourth-annual “Hugs for Hounds,” sponsored by Shorewood H.U.G.S. and the Forest Preserve District of Will County, will be Saturday, April 7, 11:00 a.m., at Hammel Woods Dog Park (DuPage River Access) in Shorewood. More...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County is set to begin ecological restoration at Kankakee Sands Preserve in Custer Township. The District will enter into the first phase of the project starting in March 2012. More...

The Forest Preserve has refinanced $68.4 million of its 2005 General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bonds, resulting in a savings of more than $4.8 million to taxpayers. More...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host an open house on work planned for Plum Valley Ravines in Crete Township on Tuesday, March 6, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Crete Township Fire District Station #1 in Crete. More...

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host a public information meeting for proposed site improvements to the Vermont Cemetery Nature Preserve on Wednesday, March 7, from 5:00 to 7:00
p.m., at the 95th Street Library in Naperville. More...

Construction of a 1.5-mile portion of the DuPage River Trail as well as other preserve improvements will temporarily close a part of Hammel Woods, in Shorewood, and the Hammel Woods Dog Park. More...