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A before and after image of a trailhead showing plant life returning after the closing of the trail.

Closing Swallow Cliff’s Unofficial Trails Breathing New Life into Nature

January 13, 2025

Press Release: President Preckwinkle Encourages Public to Commit to Day of Service in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A burn crew conducting a prescribed burn at a forest preserve site.

University Students Set Fire to the Woods

October 23, 2023

Press Release: Audubon Great Lakes, Forest Preserves Complete Major Habitat Restoration Project at Powderhorn Lake Restoring 100 Acres of Wetlands

A person planting native plants in a restored forest preserve.

August 15, 2023

Referendum Seeds Begin to Bloom

a group of people from the Homewood Science Center's Girls STEAM Success Club at Sauk Trail Woods

February 24, 2022

“Connecting People to Nature Challenge” Brings Increased Investment, Community Engagement

Photo of a Virginia Meadow Beauty

September 8, 2020

Good News in 2020: Unexpected, Rare Plants Returning to Recently Restored Forest Preserves

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

Wampum Lake Named Forest Preserves’ Newest Illinois Nature Preserve

a bur oak savanna

February 6, 2019

Join Efforts to Protect Oak Trees

prairie plants at Somme Prairie

January 10, 2019

Restoration Started by Volunteers Reaches Next Stage in Somme Prairie Nature Preserve

A crew member lights a prescribed burn with a drip torch in an open field.

November 5, 2018

Burning Questions Answered: Interview with a Burn Boss

Miami Woods Prairie

Miami Woods Stewards Celebrate 40 Years of Nurturing Nature

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