Suburban Skyview: Blackwell Forest Preserve attracts visitors with scenery, abundant wildlife

People fish from a pier in a pond at Blackwell Forest Preserve while a couple have their picture taken Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Warrenville. Blackwell’s rolling hills and terrain features woodlands, prairies, grasslands and wetlands that attract a variety of native wildlife, including wild turkeys, deer, bald eagles, great blue herons, coyotes, red foxes and muskrats. The land was shaped by a retreating glacier 12,000 to 15,000 years ago. Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com