Naperville Park District to conduct prescribed burns this spring

Naperville Park District plans to do prescribed burns this spring at about two dozen locations, including numerous parks, Springbrook Golf Course, Fort Hill Activity Center, Knoch Knolls Nature Center and the Riverwalk, officials announced.

The burns will be conducted, weather permitting, by park maintenance crews and third-party contractors, a park district news release said.

Prescribed burns are intentionally set fires that will improve the overall health of an ecosystem by clearing the ground of invasive weeds and reducing the amount of leaf and plant debris, the release said.

They are dependent upon weather factors, including low wind velocity, specific wind direction and a low chance of precipitation.

For more information, go to www.napervilleparks.org/prescribedburns.

The areas where prescribed burns are to be conducted include:

Century Farms Park – 715 Sigmund Road
Country Lakes Park – 1835 N. Aurora Road
Nike Sports Complex – 288 W. Diehl Road
Riverwalk Park West (Sindt Woods) – 912 Honorary Sindt
Seager Park – 1163 Plank Road
Wil-O-Way Commons – 1071 W. Jefferson Ave.
Buttonwood Park – 803 Buttonwood Circle
Hobson West Ponds – 1047 S. West St.
Meadow Glens – 1303 Muirhead Ave.
Dorothea Weigand Riverfront Park – 2436 S. Washington St.
Commissioner’s Park – 3704 111th St.
DuPage River Park – 808 Royce Road
Frontier Sports Complex – 3380 Cedar Glade Drive
Knoch Knolls Park – 336 Knoch Knolls Road
Tall Grass Lakes – 3320 Rollingridge Road
Springbrook Parkway – 2359 Nottingham Lane
Springbrook Golf Course – 2220 W. 83rd St.
Arrowhead Park – 711 Iroquois Ave.
Fairway Commons Park – 955 Fairway Drive
Fort Hill Activity Center – 20 Fort Hill Drive
Sportsman’s Park – 735 S. West St.
Clow Creek Greenway – 4588 Pradel Drive
Knoch Knolls Nature Center – 320 Knoch Knolls Road
Redfield Commons – 1324 Redfield Road
Riverwalk – 500 Jackson Ave.

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