![a Forest Preserves staff member holding a muskie](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/busse-woods-muskie-salvage-fish-nov19-200x114.jpg)
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Press Release: Coyote Puppies Tagged, Health Work-ups Conducted in the Forest Preserves of Cook County
![Coyote pup](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/coyote-blog-200x114.jpg)
All About the Forest Preserves’ Wildlife Management Division
![two red-headed woodpeckers in a dead tree at Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center. Photo by Joe Occhiuzzo.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/little-red-schoolhouse-red-headed-woodpecker-joe-occhiuzzo-may14-200x114.jpg)
Did You Know? There are 7 Native Woodpeckers in Cook County
![A coyote at Sweet Woods. Photo by Mark Susoreny.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sweet-woods-coyote-mark-susoreny-winter16-200x114.jpg)
How Does Cook County Wildlife Prepare For, Handle Winter?
![An Eastern Red Bat nestled in an oak leaf at Bunker Hill. Photo by Jane Balaban.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/eastern-red-nat-bunker-hill-jane-balaban-200x114.jpg)
Volunteer Newsletter: Batty for Bats
![a common snapping turtle at Deer Grove-West](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/deer-grove-west-snapping-turtle-may12-200x114.jpg)
Forest Preserves of Cook County, Friends of the Chicago River Join Together to Help Turtles
![three North American river otters.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/river-otters-peter-pekarek-jun16-200x114.jpg)
Recently Spotted In The Forest Preserves
![American kestral](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/american-kestral-aug15-200x114.jpg)
Forest Preserves of Cook County to Collect Data on American Kestrels
![Close up of a badger. Photo by Dr. Jeff Nelson.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/badger-research-jeff-nelson-mar16-200x114.jpg)