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The District will be conducting aerial photography via a drone at Messenger Woods Nature Preserve on Thursday, October 18.

A small section of the DuPage River Trial loop around Whalon Lake will be closed Tuesday, Oct. 23, as asphalt repairs are made.

Action taken by the Forest Preserve Board will pave the way for another section of the Normantown Trail to be built.

Drinking fountains will be turned off starting October 15, and concessions at Monee Reservoir and boat launches throughout the District will close for the season on November 1.

Barb Ferry has been volunteering with the district for more than 15 years.

Enter your best shots before the monthly submission cutoff for our incredibly popular photo contest. 

The preserve had been closed due to road construction along Bluff Road.

Forest Preserve staff will be presenting information on the Will County Bikeway Plan and composting during the October 26 conference.

Additional erosion control measures and lease flexibility changes begin in 2019.

The Forest Preserve will participate in National Bison Day on November 3 with ecology hikes and a bison chip throwing contest.

Channahon woman's photo of a mom and baby squirrel embracing at McKinley Woods is the fifth finalist in the eight-month-long Preserve the Moment photo contest.

The Purdue University traveling exhibit runs through November 30 at Plum Creek Nature Center and educates visitors about the importance of honeybees and other pollinators.

Improvements being made to the Forest Preserve police department's entrance will temporarily re-route visitors.

This story is the first in a series of "Happy Place" tales from Forest Preserve employees and members of the public.

John Nerren is part of the Isle a la Cache Brigade, a group of volunteer re-enactors who conduct demonstrations of what life was like for 18th-century fur traders who once lived in our area.