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Summer Spinner Challenge

7/2/2025 10:00 AM

Get outside at Hidden Oaks Nature Center and see if you can complete the Summer Spinner Challenge. 

Klash of the Teen Kayakers (Canceled)

7/2/2025 2:30 PM

Calling all teens! Enjoy a little friendly competition while kayaking at Monee Reservoir.

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Mosquitoes driving you indoors? Attract dragonflies to your yard

6/30/2025

Dragonflies can eat dozens of mosquitoes a day, so attracting them to your yard might help make your time outside more enjoyable.

Wish upon a shooting star: July a good month for meteor activity

6/27/2025

Meteor activity will be heating up in July, with three meteor showers sending shooting stars streaking across the night sky.

Wild Relatives: The capybara

6/25/2025

What wallows like a pig, swims like a hippo and looks like a giant guinea pig? A capybara, the largest rodent in the world.