Outdoors

Connect with nature and friends new and old on a women’s camping weekend Friday, May 31 to 10 a.m. Sunday, June 2

Warm weather season means more time spent outdoors. It is also time for ticks to be out more and everywhere. Changes in climate are leading to an increase in the ticks and the potential for unwanted diseases.

Join a naturalist on a morning walk in the woods to search for feathers. Expect to see migratory birds and summer residents returning home on a Mother's Day program Sunday, May 12.

Healing Gardens at Stone Hill Farm in St. Charles will kick off the 2024 season on Mother’s Day, May 12.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County will host several educational programs the week of May 13 and May 20.

Besides particle physics research, Fermilab has also long provided a habitat for American bison. The Fermilab herd currently consists of 24 cows and two bulls.

Joliet will host its Arbor Day celebration on Friday, April 26 at Carl Sandburg Elementary School. Residents may fill out a request for planting a parkway tree by going to the city’s website.

Growing plants from seed can be magical and it’s easy.

Take part in the inaugural Four Rivers bird photography competition. Submit your picture of a migratory birds at McKinley Woods.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County is celebrating the summer of the cicada by selling a T-shirt emblazoned with the buzzy bug and the words, “Be Loud, Be Proud.”

Geneva History Museum will offer an electric bike tour of Geneva from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 23.

As approved, the section of Walnut Avenue between Riverside and Second avenues are closed to street traffic from April 15 to Oct. 31.

Construction for Kendall County's Mary M. Subat Nature Center and Hoover-Fox River Bluffs trail connection is planned for this year and 2025.

St. Charles' Primrose Farm is looking for volunteers and participants for upcoming programs.

The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will host a free scavenger hunt in Tekakwitha Woods Forest Preserve.