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Whether you're standing tall on the hill or rolling down it, it's a great place to spend some time creating memories.

Centennial – Veterans Memorial trail will be closed from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. each day, Monday-Friday for the brush removal work, which will begin Monday, October 29, and take about three weeks to complete.

Enter your best shots before October's submission cutoff for our incredibly popular photo contest. 

The latest path addition will stretch from 111th Street in Naperville south to Rockwell Lane in Plainfield.

The 'No Gear, No Problem' program is designed to make it easier for campers to put down stakes at a Forest Preserve campground.

Lincoln-Way Central High School teacher Coley Connell completed all 10 trails on October 14.

The bikes will be rehabilitated by Chicago-based Working Bikes and given to those in need of a mode of transportation.

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.

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

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.

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.