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Today's sunset is at 8:23 p.m. All preserves close at sunset.
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    • Improved preserves
      • Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve
      • Colvin Grove Preserve
      • Evans-Judge Preserve
      • Forked Creek Preserve
      • Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve
      • Hadley Valley
      • Hammel Woods
      • Hickory Creek Preserve
      • Hidden Oaks Preserve
      • Isle a la Cache
      • Joliet Iron Works Historic Site
      • Kankakee Sands Preserve
      • Keepataw Preserve
      • Lake Chaminwood Preserve
      • Lake Renwick Preserve
      • Lambs Woods
      • Laughton Preserve
      • Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve
      • Lower Rock Run Preserve
      • McKinley Woods
      • Messenger Marsh
      • Messenger Woods Nature Preserve
      • Monee Reservoir
      • O'Hara Woods Preserve
      • Plum Valley Preserve
      • Prairie Bluff Preserve
      • Raccoon Grove Nature Preserve
      • Riverview Farmstead Preserve
      • Rock Run Preserve
      • Rock Run Rookery Preserve
      • Runyon Preserve
      • Sauk Trail Reservoir
      • Sugar Creek Preserve
      • Teale Woods Preserve
      • Theodore Marsh
      • Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve
      • Vermont Cemetery Preserve
      • Veterans Woods
      • Whalon Lake
      • Wolf Creek Preserve
    • Unimproved preserves
      • Alessio Prairie
      • Birds Junction Marsh
      • Black Walnut Creek Preserve
      • Briscoe Mounds
      • Caton Farm Preserve
      • Deer Creek Preserve
      • Donohue Grove Preserve
      • DuPage River Confluence Preserve
      • Fiddyment Creek Preserve
      • Hastert-Bechstein Preserve
      • Hunters Woods
      • Huyck's Grove Preserve
      • Jackson Creek Preserve
      • John Wesley Preserve
      • Kraske Preserve
      • Lake of the Woods Preserve
      • Lily Cache Wetlands
      • Lockport Loop Trail
      • Lockport Prairie East Preserve
      • Moeller Woods Preserve
      • Plum Valley Ravines
      • Potawatomi Woods Preserve
      • Prairie Creek Preserve
      • Romeoville Prairie Nature Preserve
      • Sand Ridge Savanna Nature Preserve
      • Thorn Creek Headwaters Preserve
      • Thorn Grove Preserve
      • Vincennes Trail
      • Walnut Hollow
      • Wayne Lehnert Preserve
    • Trails
      • Centennial Trail
      • DuPage River Trail
      • Hickory Creek Bikeway
      • I&M Canal Trail
      • Joliet Junction Trail
      • Lake Renwick Bikeway
      • Normantown Trail
      • Old Plank Road Trail
      • Plum Creek Greenway Trail
      • Rock Run Greenway Trail
      • Route 30 Bikeway
      • Spring Creek Greenway Trail
      • Tall Grass Greenway Trail
      • Veterans Memorial Trail
      • Wauponsee Glacial Trail
    • Visitor centers
      • Four Rivers Environmental Education Center
      • Hidden Oaks Nature Center
      • Isle a la Cache Museum
      • Lake Renwick Heron Rookery
      • Monee Reservoir
      • Plum Creek Nature Center
      • Sugar Creek Administration Center
    • Facility rentals
      • Four Rivers Environmental Education Center
      • Hidden Oaks Nature Center
      • Isle a la Cache Museum
      • Lake Renwick Preserve
      • Monee Reservoir Visitor Center
      • Plum Creek Nature Center
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      • Forked Creek Preserve
      • Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve
      • Hadley Valley
      • Hammel Woods
      • Hidden Oaks Preserve
      • Hickory Creek Preserve
      • Isle a la Cache Preserve
      • Joliet Iron Works Historic Site
      • Kankakee Sands Preserve
      • Lower Rock Run Preserve
      • McKinley Woods
      • Messenger Marsh
      • Messenger Woods Nature Preserve
      • Monee Reservoir
      • Plum Valley Preserve
      • Prairie Bluff Preserve
      • Riverview Farmstead Preserve
      • Rock Run Preserve
      • Rock Run Rookery Preserve
      • Theodore Marsh
      • Veterans Woods
      • Whalon Lake
  • Recreation
    • Biking
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  • News & Events
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    • In-school programs
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      • 2024 Farm License Program: Forked Creek Watershed No. 8
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      • 2024 Farm License Program: Forked Creek Watershed No.6
      • Bids and RFPs
      • 2024 Farm License Program: Forked Creek Watershed No. 2
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      • 2024 Farm License Program: Forked Creek Watershed No. 1
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      • 2024 Farm License Program: Kankakee Watershed
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The Compass is full of District news and general interest nature stories, while Get Going highlights the must-do programs for the coming week. Flock and Feather is for all the birdwatchers out there. 

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