“Now, ironically, forest preserves have too many trees,” said ... widening waterways like Spring Brook Creek No. 1 near Winfield, to better handle floods. In Will County, the forest preserve ...

Here are a few of our favorite MCHT forest preserves. This 87.5-acre preserve includes a 1.5-mile network of trails that lead across open fields and through forest to the water’s edge. Bog Brook Cove ...

In 1994, the village approached the Naperville Polo Club, which was playing in the Green Valley Forest Preserve, to run Sunday polo at the Oak Brook Bath and Tennis Club, 700 Oak Brook Rd. Founded ...

Beck Lake near Des Plaines provides a scenic vista on Tuesday. Thomas Frisbie/Sun-Times Share Forest preserves, like the trees, other plants and wildlife they are home to, need proper sustenance ...