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Naperville Park District summer camps guide now available online Campers at last year's Camp Seager join in small groups for fun activities based on a different theme each week, led by camp counselors. Courtesy of Naperville Park District   Updated 4/5/2021 11:30 AM To help families plan a fun and memorable summer, the Naperville Park District Summer Camps Guide is now available online at www.napervilleparks.org/programguides, offering a variety of camp experiences for children from preschool through high school. Registration for day camps and summer school camps is in progress...

City Nature Challenge 2021: Chicago Metro A starling puffs his feathers near a female while feeding on a lawn in the early evening. Daily Herald file photo A black Eastern Gray squirrel takes off with a nut into the forest at Tekakwitha Woods in St. Charles. Daily Herald file photo   Posted4/1/2021 5:32 PM Join participants from over 350 cities around the world for the City Nature Challenge by sharing your observations of wild plants and animals in the Kane County area between April 30 and May 3. Taking part in this challenge is easy!   Next, take a picture of what you find on you...

Nature programs explore the sweet tastes of spring   This month, naturalists are demonstrating how to tap for maple syrup with in-person and online programs across the suburbs. John Starks | Staff Photographer   Posted3/4/2021 3:03 PM The warmer, sunny days and cool nights of March encourage maple trees to produce their sweetest sap. Learn more about the process of making maple syrup at events around the suburbs this month. Cook County   The Forest Preserves of Cook County is offering "Sap's Rising" at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through March 21, at the Ri...

Marvel at maple syruping traditions at two DuPage Forest Preserves Learn how to drill a sugar maple tree during "DIY Maple Sugaring: The Basics" on Saturday, March 13, at Fullersburg Woods in Oak Brook. Courtesy of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County The warmer, sunny days and cool nights of March encourage maple trees to produce their sweetest sap. Courtesy of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County   Posted3/4/2021 2:41 PM Explore how tree sap is transformed into sweet maple syrup by attending DuPage Forest Preserve District's March programs: "Maple Sugaring" at K...

Bloomingdale Park Museum reopens March 20 with 'Parodies of Painting Masterworks' The Bloomingdale Park Museum will kick off its re-opening with the exhibit, "Parodies of Painting Masterworks," beginning March 20. Courtesy of Bloomingdale Park District   Posted3/2/2021 7:09 PM For its reopening March 20, the Bloomingdale Park Museum is hosting an exhibit titled "Parodies of Painting Masterworks." The exhibition features several hundred examples of well-known fine art paintings, altered, taken out of context, and re-used in cartoon strips, appropriated for other art pieces, etc....