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Fishing for Trash

7/5/2025 6:00 AM

You can help keep Monee Reservoir looking its best by picking up litter in the preserve. 

Lake Renwick Migratory Bird Viewing

7/5/2025 8:00 AM

See the dazzling spectacle of nesting herons, egrets and cormorants at our weekly bird viewings at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve.

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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.