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Press Release: Forest Preserves of Cook County Reaches Major Milestone: More Than 70,000 Acres

Did You Know? The Forest Preserves has a Long Tradition of Camping

Centennial History Series: Who Put the “Forest” in the Forest Preserves?

Centennial History Series: An Interview With Dwight Perkins’ Grandsons
Forest Preserve Proposition of 1914: The Day Cook County Said Yes to Nature

Centennial History Series: Aldo Leopold and the Forest Preserves

Centennial History Series: First Catch — Initial Fish & Water Management in the Forest Preserves

Centennial History Series: Truck Gardens and Tent Colonies — Early Uses of the Forest Preserves

Centennial History Series: Early Prairie Restoration in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

Did You Know? Dancing Platforms Were Once Common in the Forest Preserves.
