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A section of the Plum Creek Greenway Trail is closed due to a a tree that fell and damaged the north bridge closest to Bemes Road. This trail section will remain closed until the tree can be removed and the bridge repaired.
Barricades are in place along either end of this trail section.
Updates will be provided here as they become available.
Forest preserve staff from Will and DuPage counties recently searched a Will County creek for rare mussels to support a native species restoration project. The collaboration could help reintroduce the ellipse mussel to DuPage waterways, where it has disappeared.
A hybrid box turtle was removed from a Will County preserve to protect a threatened species. Now living at Isle a la Cache Museum, he serves as an ambassador to educate the public about the dangers of releasing pet turtles into the wild.