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A “Big Year” at Labagh Woods
Birders raise funds for bird-friendly native shrubs With spring just around the corner, many nature lovers turn their thoughts to birding and spring migration. Some are already engaged in what’s... -
New Skier Learns Lessons the Hard Way at Sagawau
...and groomed and tracked trails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWSFwKDciK0 Have your own skis? During winter, cross-country skiing is allowed in all areas of the forest preserves (except golf courses and most nature centers).... -
Behind FPD 365
One woman’s bid to take a forest preserve photo every day in 2014. Readers of the Forest Way may have noticed the colorful images of nature gracing the sidebar of this e-newsletter... -
Forest Preserve Proposition of 1914: The Day Cook County Said Yes to Nature
On November 3, 1914, Cook County residents went to the polls just as they will do this Tuesday, November 4, 2014. The 1914 ballot included a referendum that posed a... -
Centennial History Series: First Catch — Initial Fish & Water Management in the Forest Preserves
...Cook County residents much-needed exposure to nature. In 1931, General Superintendent Charles Sauers supported efforts to build strategic dams across the shallow Des Plaines River in order to produce areas... -
ABC7’s Roz Varon Highlights the Forest Preserves of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
...County Turns 100 – ABC7 Chicago Springtime at Cook County Forest Preserve nature centers – ABC7 Chicago Celebrate spring at The Little Red Schoolhouse, Cook County Forest Preserves – ABC7 Chicago... -
Snow Fleas: Unexpected Life in the Frozen Forest
...bring your magnifying glass, and get on the hunt for the jumping, flipping, spring-loaded masters of winter—the snow fleas! By Brian Winters, naturalist at River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook.... -
Did You Know? Dancing Platforms Were Once Common in the Forest Preserves.
...to meet the demand for community dances. The platforms were so thick and heavy that when the sites lost popularity, many were left in the ground for nature to reclaim.... -
Volunteer Spotlight: Community Cruisers
...“Part of it is just to keep your eyes open, notice what’s out there. Obviously we’re there to clean up, but we’re looking at nature while doing it. It was... -
Forest Preserve District Researchers Assist with the Effort to Protect the Great Lakes from Asian Carp
...with a new site. Over Memorial Day weekend, the team captured and tagged fifteen cormorants at the rookery at Baker’s Lake Nature Preserve in Barrington. The banding included the attachment...