Kids, age 15 or younger, can cast their lines for rainbow trout at freshly stocked Grove Lake at the Forest Preserve District ...

The Lake County Forest Preserves Board approved two land purchases totaling nearly 90 acres Wednesday, expanding the county’s largest forest preserve and nearly doubling the size of its newest ...

But this work is no easy task. "When you're out chainsawing down trees and dragging brush, it is super physically intensive," Shaela Rabbit, a natural resources specialist with the Forest Preserve ...

The eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides) at the Bryon Forest Preserve District’s ... Illinois has two national champs, both in DuPage County: Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) inside the circle ...

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County has announced a number of prescribed burns that will take place this spring in the district. Each spring and fall, the Forest Preserve District of Kane ...

They roamed Mack Road and Arrowhead for years. When the (DuPage County Forest Preserve District) bought St. James Farm, I do not know what happened to them.” Joseph Grossi and his wife retired ...

An alligator attacked a kayaker as she paddled Monday in a Polk County preserve, officials said. WFLA reported the gator bit the woman on the elbow at the Tiger Creek Preserve, according to ...

The South Carolina Forestry Commission was formed in 1927 — with forest fire protection put at the top of its mission. In 1936, a Georgetown County man was ordered to assist in wildfire ...

The sound of gunfire echoed in the trees. The Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Forest Preserves Police responded to a call of a man with a knife threatening and chasing another man ...

A knife-wielding man who reportedly chased another person at a Cook County forest preserve was shot by law enforcement on Friday afternoon after advancing toward an officer, authorities said. At ...