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COVID-19: Events, Locations & Precautions

 Pin oak in fall. Photo by Jane Balaban.

Celebrate OAKtober with Events, Programs

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Palos Preserves Named World’s Largest Urban Night Sky Place

 President Preckwinkle gives remarks during the Busse Lake Boat Lunch ribbon cutting ceremony

Discover Accessible Picnic Groves, Campsites, Boat Launches & More

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Permits

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 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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