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Don’t Miss Insect Fest on Thursday, July 18

 Tuma Lake surrounded by trees in fall. Photo by Jim Phillips.

Tuma Lake Now Open

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July 2019 Volunteer Opportunities

 Halloween pennant dragonfly at Wampum Lake. Photo by Jim Phillips.

Wampum Lake Named Forest Preserves’ Newest Illinois Nature Preserve

 Magnified photo of a deer tick — also called a black-legged tick or bear tick (Scientific name: Ixodes scapularis).

Avoid Ticks This Summer

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Permits

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Events

 Yellow-leaved trees in autumn along the paved North Branch Trail in Miami Woods

Trail List

 a tent and campfire at dusk at Camp Bullfrog Lake

Camping

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Volunteer

 The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center

Nature Centers

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 two coyotes at Yankee Woods

Where plants & animals thrive

 a woman walking with her baby at LaBagh Woods

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