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The two-day workshop provided area law enforcement with instructions on using insects in death investigations.

The preserve was one of Shapiro's favorite places to take her ill mother so she could get out of the house and enjoy nature. 

More than 50 members of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus took a bus ride from their annual meeting in Chicago to Rock Run Rookery Preserve in Joliet to learn more about the fight to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. 

While jerks out in the preserves can cause a number of problems for normal, everyday visitors, jerks on the water can be even more problematic.

Carter Wright's interests in photography and wildlife are the perfect complement to his work as a volunteer interpreter at Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Nature Preserve.

Programs led by interpretive naturalists can be delivered at four of the Forest Preserve's campgrounds. 

One thing is certain: Nobody likes a jerk in the preserves participating in a number of offensive behaviors. 

Barb Ferry has been raising monarch butterflies at home and releasing them into the wild, with the ultimate goals of helping sustain their population and educating the public of their importance.

Drink plenty of fluids, before and during outdoor activity, or postpone activities and stay inside. 

Ten new benches will be installed in the Rock Run corridor as part of a bench improvement and replacement program instituted in 2016. 

One thing is certain: Nobody likes a jerk in the preserves, and that's confirmed by the response we've seen to "Don't Be A Jerk," the Forest Preserve District's big, bold multimedia campaign. 

The photo was taken by Robert Schwaan of Lemont at Veterans Woods in Romeoville. 

Karen Tellef volunteers as a trail sentinel, keeping a watchful eye on the Plum Creek Greenway Trail while riding her horse, Raz.

More than 100 students from six high schools worked recently in the heat and humidity to remove invasive species and trash from two preserves. 

The multimedia effort will include videos, signs and social media posts urging people to pick up after their dog, properly dispose of cigarette butts and fishing line, share the trails and other preserve etiquette, pro-nature messages.