Some preserve closures or delayed openings will be required.
Shooting star activity will be heating up in July, with three meteor showers kicking off. A comet will also be visible in the night sky.
The permits are good through Dec. 31.
From June 28 to July 6, get 17.76% off shirts, hats, magnets and more.
What are you doing to beat the heat this summer? If you can, add leaving water out for wildlife to your list.
Black ash baskets made by Pokagon artists will be on display through Aug. 30.
Sign up for a summer Volunteer Morning to help improve Will County's preserves.
Leatherback sea turtles are the largest turtle on earth — growing to more than 50 times as heavy as common snapping turtles we see locally.
It's not just our pets who suffer around the Fourth of July. Loud, booming fireworks pose serious risks to wildlife too.
With a goal of becoming a better birder, Meghan headed to a Lake Renwick Migratory Bird Viewing on a Saturday morning in June to learn more about some of our feathered friends.
The new entrance road has a better drainage system to protect the pavement.
Lone star ticks are grabbing headlines because they can cause people to develop an allergy to red meat. Learn how to identify them and how to prevent tick bites.
There have been increased turtle deaths on Division Street during nesting season.
A gosling tangled in fishing line got a second chance thanks to wildlife rescue volunteers.
Catching lightning bugs is a summer rite of passage, but do you know how these bugs light up? Or why?
Sand Ridge Savanna has expanded and Kankakee Sands has a new location.
Some preserve closures or delayed openings will be required.
Shooting star activity will be heating up in July, with three meteor showers kicking off. A comet will also be visible in the night sky.
The permits are good through Dec. 31.
From June 28 to July 6, get 17.76% off shirts, hats, magnets and more.
What are you doing to beat the heat this summer? If you can, add leaving water out for wildlife to your list.
Black ash baskets made by Pokagon artists will be on display through Aug. 30.
Sign up for a summer Volunteer Morning to help improve Will County's preserves.
Leatherback sea turtles are the largest turtle on earth — growing to more than 50 times as heavy as common snapping turtles we see locally.
It's not just our pets who suffer around the Fourth of July. Loud, booming fireworks pose serious risks to wildlife too.
With a goal of becoming a better birder, Meghan headed to a Lake Renwick Migratory Bird Viewing on a Saturday morning in June to learn more about some of our feathered friends.
The new entrance road has a better drainage system to protect the pavement.
Lone star ticks are grabbing headlines because they can cause people to develop an allergy to red meat. Learn how to identify them and how to prevent tick bites.
There have been increased turtle deaths on Division Street during nesting season.
A gosling tangled in fishing line got a second chance thanks to wildlife rescue volunteers.
Catching lightning bugs is a summer rite of passage, but do you know how these bugs light up? Or why?
Sand Ridge Savanna has expanded and Kankakee Sands has a new location.
See the dazzling spectacle of nesting herons, egrets and cormorants at our weekly bird viewings at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve.
Get some fresh air and exercise while helping to make a difference in your community by attending one or more of the Forest Preserve’s volunteer mornings.
What are you doing to beat the heat this summer? If you can, add leaving water out for wildlife to your list.
It's not just our pets who suffer around the Fourth of July. Loud, booming fireworks pose serious risks to wildlife too.
Catching lightning bugs is a summer rite of passage, but do you know how these bugs light up? Or why?