It has taken decades, but the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County finally has a “road map” to improve the inside of historic Mayslake Hall in Oak Brook. Forest preserve commissioners voted ...

Reports of wild bird deaths continue to mount, and not just in Illinois. Meanwhile, a vaccine for chickens could be on the ...

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. – A bald eagle found dead in Busse Woods likely died from bird flu, according to officials. The Forest Preserves of Cook County said on Feb. 3, a member of the public told the ...

A divided forest preserve board, though, recently voted to approve a scaled-back version of what the consultant had ...

A raptor was discovered earlier this month in Busse Woods near Elk Grove Village, and may have been part of one of six known pairs in Cook County. Avian flu is wreaking havoc not just on barnyard ...

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Forest Preserves of Cook County are partnering in a flood relief study that could bring a new reservoir.

The system would provide stormwater storage for Glenwood, Ford Heights, Lansing, Thornton, South Holland, Calumet City and ...

resource project manager at the Forest Preserves of Cook County. “What's unique to the nation, the areas around here, is that seeds can survive in soil for a long period of time,” Showerman said.

Gerardo Cortez Share Modesto Perez caught “a fine crappie” from a southern Forest Preserves of Cook County, messaged Larry Green. “Little honey hole that no one fishes,” he noted.

A total of 15 fire departments responded to the brush fire in Bobolink Meadow near 183rd Street and Central Avenue, part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County's Orland Grasslands complex.

A wildfire at Bobolink Meadow, part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County’s Bartel Grasslands complex near Tinley Park, Monday night burned more than 34 acres, officials said. Fifteen fire ...