![A burn crew conducting a prescribed burn at a forest preserve site.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/busse-woods-prescribed-burn-mar24-200x114.jpg)
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Sign Up for Newsletter![A burn crew conducting a prescribed burn at a forest preserve site.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/busse-woods-prescribed-burn-mar24-200x114.jpg)
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.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/spears-woods-planting-aug23-200x114.jpg)
Referendum Seeds Begin to Bloom
![a group of people from the Homewood Science Center's Girls STEAM Success Club at Sauk Trail Woods](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sauk-trail-woods-homewood-science-center-girls-steam-success-club-nov21-200x114.jpg)
“Connecting People to Nature Challenge” Brings Increased Investment, Community Engagement
![Photo of a Virginia Meadow Beauty](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Virginia-meadow-beauty-Rhexia-virginica-200x114.jpg)
Good News in 2020: Unexpected, Rare Plants Returning to Recently Restored Forest Preserves
![Halloween pennant dragonfly at Wampum Lake. Photo by Jim Phillips.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/wampum-lake-halloween-pennant-jim-phillips-16-200x114.jpg)
Wampum Lake Named Forest Preserves’ Newest Illinois Nature Preserve
![a bur oak savanna](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sustainability-report-palos-bur-oak-savanna-Laura-Anchor-200x114.jpg)
Join Efforts to Protect Oak Trees
![prairie plants at Somme Prairie](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/somme-prairie-nature-preserve-jul14-200x114.jpg)
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.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/spring-creek-prescribed-burn-fall17-200x114.jpg)
Burning Questions Answered: Interview with a Burn Boss
![Miami Woods Prairie](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/miami-woods-prairie-north-branch-restoration-mar18-200x114.jpg)