Area residents are encouraged to mark their calendars now for several special events to be held at Cook Forest State Park.

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COOKSBURG, Pa. (WJW) – They call it an ...

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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 ...

Sixty-five miles from White’s Woods is the most famous forest in Pennsylvania — Cook Forest. Many readers of this column have likely visited Cook Forest State Park and hiked the trails that wind ...

Cook County voters on Tuesday appeared to have approved a property tax hike for the forest preserves. In a referendum on the ballot, property owners were asked to contribute on average about $1.50 ...