RIVER FOREST, Ill. (WLS) -- The Cook County Forest Preserves is the first and largest forest preserve district of its kind in the country. This year, they're celebrating their 100th anniversary. But ...

COOKSBURG PA — Old growth forests in North America are very rare. It's estimated that of the almost 750 million acres of forest in the U.S., only about 3.5 million acres are considered old growth ...

A pair of Northwest suburban lakes are being stocked with 1,500 pounds of rainbow trout as Forest Preserves of Cook County’s 2024 spring inland trout fishing season is set to open Saturday. The fish — ...

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Whether you have an eye for casually capturing images or you're a professional photographer, the Forest Preserves of Cook County wants to see your nature photographs showcasing the beauty of the ...

The Cook County Forest Preserves — more than 69,000 acres of hearty forests, prairies, and swampy wetlands — lie scattered across the Chicago area. Cook County was the first county in Illinois to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- This weekend is the unofficial start of summer and people in the Chicago area are ready to get outdoors. But you don't have to go far to enjoy nature. Cook County is home to the ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Cook County voters have some big decisions when it comes to the Illinois gubernatorial race, congressional races – and now, trees. There is a referendum on the ballot in Cook County ...

For 19 years, Jim “Moose” Murphy was something of a Chicago-area legend for his annual pre-New Year’s vigil to wait in line so he could snap up the first picnic permit for the coming year. Now, thanks ...

For a view from the treetops, head to the eastern edge of the park, where the Cook Forest Fire Tower rises 80 feet (and 108 steep stairs) into the air. On a clear day, the tower, built in 1929 and ...