Cricket Creek County Forest Preserve
About Cricket Creek County Forest Preserve
Cricket Creek contains DuPage’s first wetland mitigation bank, a restoration site funded by developers to replace previously destroyed wetlands. The habitat attracts a wide variety of native wildlife, including a variety of bird species such as great blue herons and ducks, and various amphibians.
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