House Bill 1616 would permit the DNR to establish "submerged land preserves" in Lake Michigan to "provide special protection in perpetuity" to any area under the water containing an abandoned ...

The Western New York Land Conservancy has created yet another nature preserve on Grand Island. With the newly named 38.3-acre Jim and Edna Braddell Preserve, the nonprofit land trust says they ...

Ice seems temporary. It melts in a glass. It disappears at a sunbeam’s touch. It ebbs with the first relief of spring. But ...

Seattle is straddled by some seriously epic outdoor offerings. With the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west and ...

Dress warmly. Dress in layers that you can remove if you get too warm. The outer layer should be wind resistant. Cover up. Frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin, especially with ...

FOX 13 Photojournalist Craig Cross captures footage of Hillsborough County’s 35-acre Lake Dan Nature Preserve, which has everything from hiking trails, fishing routes, and wild animals, and interviews ...

Winter, the dormant season for most plants in the Chicago area, presents unique opportunities for restoration work targeting larger, woody invasive species at suburban forest preserves.

A wildfire at Bobolink Meadow, part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County’s Bartel Grasslands complex near Tinley Park, Monday night burned more than 34 acres, officials said. Fifteen fire ...

A storefront familiar to locals in the heart of Grassy Key right off Overseas Highway has officially opened its doors as the Grassy Key Land and Sea Market. Previously the Grassy Key Outpost, and ...

Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on a project to preserve the shoes of the war's smallest victims. Survivors of the Holocaust gathered at one of the scenes of the Nazis' gravest ...

A two-alarm fire occurred in a Cook County forest preserve, starting after 6 p.m. The fire is 100% contained, though the amount of acreage burned is still unclear. The fire is under investigation ...