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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is a governmental agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.Its mission is to acquire and hold lands containing forests, prairies, wetlands, and associated plant communities or lands capable of being restored to such natural conditions for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna and scenic beauty for the education ...
Waterfall Glen is a forest preserve in Downers Grove Township, DuPage County, Illinois, between the towns of Darien and Lemont, covering 2,492 acres (1,008 ha). It contains several waterfalls on Sawmill Creek as it empties into the Des Plaines River. Rocky Glen Falls, the largest waterfall in the preserve, is actually a natural dam in the ...
The DuPage River and the Salt Creek flow through DuPage County. According to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, the highest point in the county is located at the Mallard Lake Landfill, which at its highest point is 982 feet (299 m) above mean sea level. Climate
1946. McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre (178 ha) preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River . The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930. This original tract consisted of about 62 acres adjoining the ...
Cosley Zoo, the DuPage County Forest Preserve, and other local partners have teamed up in an effort to increase the population of the Illinois state endangered Blanding's turtle. Eggs are incubated and hatched at a partner facility, then some arrive at Cosley Zoo where they will be reared for about a year before being released back in to a ...
The estate is located in the western Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, and is now part of the Mayslake Forest Preserve administered by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. Originally encompassing an area of over 848 acres (3.43 km 2), the estate now contains a total area of 87 acres (0.35 km 2).
May 12, 1975. The Graue Mill is a water-powered grist mill that was originally erected in 1852. Now a museum, it is one of two operating water-powered gristmills in Illinois (the other is the Franklin Creek Grist Mill). It is located on Salt Creek in Oak Brook, Illinois, owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County .
Wayne contains a large forest preserve.Pratt's Wayne Woods is the largest forest preserve in DuPage County.Located in the county's northwest corner, the preserve's 3,462 acres (14.01 km 2) combine with Illinois Department of Natural Resource land adjacent on the north to form a continuous 4,000 acres (16 km 2) stretch of land, a scarce resource in a growing urban area.