Plans for a park honoring Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago's first non-native settler, took a step forward this month.

You can volunteer for Chicago River Day, try bird photography, go on a Frank Lloyd Wright-themed bike tour and more.

St. Clair County is transferring ownership of St. Ellen Mine Park to O’Fallon and giving the city a $400,000 grant for ...

The man's body was found by a bicyclist who was on a trail near the DuPage River in Burlington Park Forest Preserve Saturday.

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – A body was recovered Saturday afternoon from the water at the Burlington Park Forest Preserve in ...

Robert E. Crimo III listens to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during the hearing at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, Ill., ...

David Schaafsma’s write-in campaign for a seat on the Oak Park and River Forest High School Board came up short.

NYC Parks is investing in the future and we need your help. Our volunteers help with forest and wetland restoration, planting and pruning street trees, harvesting and propagating native seed and ...

Following a presentation by Mike Sletten, executive director of the River Forest Park District ... revenue that the village stood to lose when Illinois officials eliminated the state’s 1% ...

The Preservation Foundation’s mission is to extend and accelerate the Lake County Forest Preserves goals through private philanthropy to restore and preserve Lake County’s natural and cultural ...