Champaign County Forest Preserve District
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  • Resources

    Educational Resources

    • FrogWatch
    • Museum and Education Department
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    • Homer Lake Interpretive Center
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    Ways to Support

    • Trails Challenge
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    • Animal Advocate
    • Employment
    • Forest Preserve Friends Foundation

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    • accent photo for Rail Trail Expansion
      Rail Trail Expansion
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      Nature Center
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Preserves open at 7:00 AM and close 30 minutes after sunset. Closing time today is 8:57 PM.

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2025 Photo Contest Gallery

Explore some of the submissions from 2025's photo contest! We have landscapes, close-ups of plants, insects, birds, and other wildlife.

Blue-gray Gnatcher at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Blue-gray Gnatcher at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Eastern Wood PeeWee. Photo by Allison Branson
Eastern Wood PeeWee. Photo by Allison Branson
Gray Catbird at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Gray Catbird at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Indigo Bunting at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Indigo Bunting at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Indigo Bunting at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Indigo Bunting at Homer Lake. Photo by Allison Branson
Photo by Doug Mills
Photo by Doug Mills
My three fawns. Photo by Eric Batsie
My three fawns. Photo by Eric Batsie
Whatcha Looking At? Photo by Lisa Schwarzentraub
Whatcha Looking At? Photo by Lisa Schwarzentraub
Champaign County Forest Preserve District
PO Box 1040
Mahomet, IL 61853 United States

217-586-3360

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