One of the perks of living in Chicago is enjoying the best of both worlds: the amenities of a world-class city as well as the pleasures of forest and fen, pond and prairie. Local forest preserve ...

Any ticks collected are sent to the state's public health department to be identified. The Will County Health Department ...

If passed, the referendum also would provide much-needed money for the Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden. The forest preserve district gives money to the zoo and garden but doesn’t ...

The project is part of a growing effort by conservationists in the Chicago area to cut down overcrowded woods into more open woodlands, savannas and meadows. In some cases, forest preserves are ...

Cook County Forest Preserves is on a mission to restore 30,000 acres of habitat to high-quality condition by the year 2030.

Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation of Chicago, notes: “The people who sacrificed, who fought, to preserve this forest land knew there would be hundreds of good ideas for other uses.

Beck Lake near Des Plaines provides a scenic vista on Tuesday. Thomas Frisbie/Sun-Times Share Forest preserves, like the trees, other plants and wildlife they are home to, need proper sustenance ...

More than 200 birds have died from a presumed outbreak of avian flu at a Chicago-area forest preserve, according to authorities. The deaths occurred at the Baker’s Lake forest preserve ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – If you're tired about all ... A video made by DuPage County Forest Preserve District shows the process. The ecology supervisor shared The Insect's Circle of Life, while staff ...