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.
