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Did You Know? Some Trees Hold Their Dead Leaves Through Winter
...changes include shortening daylight or environmental stress, such as disease. Marcescence occurs when this process is interrupted. While no one really knows why these oaks (and a few other local... -
EnvironMENTORS Get Students Into Nature
...getting children outside. “Today’s youth suffer from nature deficit disorder, or a lack of exposure to the outdoors,” said Chung, who holds a bachelor’s degree in natural resources and environmental... -
Volunteer Spotlight: The Orchid Pollinators
...Interested in contributing to the success of the eastern prairie fringed orchid? The best way is to join a volunteer workday to help restore the habitat where orchids can thrive.... -
Spring 2020 Trout Fishing Season Cancelled
...postponing the opening day of our spring trout season, originally scheduled for April 4. Starting March 30, five Forest Preserves sites that were scheduled to be inland trout locations will... -
Volunteer Spotlight: Palos Restoration Project
...with the District, which supported years of volunteer work with a surge of contractors and interns. “The prairie was a fraction of what you can see today walking by Kean... -
Bergman and McMahon Preserves Win Conservation Awards
...more than a decade ago, “the majority of the preserve was row-crop field, interspersed with degraded sections of remnant prairie savanna.” Today, “the floristic quality of Bergman Slough marks this... -
Two Forest Preserves to Receive Moth Pheromones by Air This June
...product Disrupt II. This could occur on just about any day of the week. The gypsy moth is an invasive species from Europe. It is one the most damaging forest... -
Forest Preserve District Secures Historically Low Interest Rate on Bond Sale
At yesterday’s pricing of its first bond issue in eight years, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County secured an extremely favorable 3.845% total interest rate cost, the lowest rate... -
Friends of the Forest Preserves: Paddling at Kickapoo @ Kickapoo Woods
Enjoy a day out paddling. -
People of the Preserves: June 2019
...hope that you’ll enjoy this ongoing project, and we look forward to interviewing YOU at an upcoming workday, on your monitoring route, during your Trail Watch patrol or anywhere else you...