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 — ...

Cook County Forest Preserve District General Superintendent Arnold Randall has announced plans to step down next month, ending a distinct and productive 13-year tenure. He will become the next ...

We know that taking a walk is a healthy thing to do. But what if we learned that this walk is even healthier when it happens in a green space? Researchers at Northwestern University ran a study in the ...

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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 ...

You know that feeling when you walk into a cathedral and suddenly feel tiny? Cook Forest State Park in northwestern Pennsylvania does that to you, except instead of stone arches, you're surrounded by ...

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 ...