Controlled Burns
The Naperville Park District is conducting controlled burns on Park District properties in your area to improve the natural habitat for native plants. Management of our park areas by controlled burns manages weeds and brush, and stimulates perennial herbs and grasses to grow and flower.
It is our intention to use fire as a tool to improve the quality of natural vegetation. Native plants withstand and adapt to fire, while most invasive plants are reduced. During either the spring or fall burn seasons, Naperville Park District crews may conduct prescribed ground-level burns in your area, only if specific conditions are met. The exact dates and times are based on very specific weather conditions. Wind speed and direction, humidity, and approval of the Naperville Fire Chief are all taken into account when deciding those sites to burn.
The following is a list of upcoming spring burns; this list may be updated with additional locations as needed:
Arrowhead Park
Bailey Hobson Woods
Baileywood Park
Brighton Ridge Park
Brook Crossings
Brook Prairie
Carol Acres
Clow Creek Greenway
Commissioners Park
Country Lakes Park
DuPage River Park
Firemen's Memorial Park
Frontier Park
Garden Plots
Goodrich Woods
Heritage Woods
Hobson West Ponds (North)
Hobson West Ponds (South)
Hunters Woods
Kingsley Prairie
Knoch Knolls Commons
Knoch Knolls Park
May Watts Park
Meadow Glens
Naperbrook Golf Course
Naperville North High School
Pioneer Park
River Run Preserve
Riverwalk Park (Section 1)
Rock Ridge Park
Seager Park
Sportsman's Park
Springbrook Crossings
Springbrook Golf Course
Springbrook Parkway/Breckenridge
Springbrook Parkway/Brookwood Trace
Springbrook Parkway/Cedar Glen
Springhill Greenway
Veterans Park
Walnut Ridge Woods
Weigand Riverfront Park
Wildflower Park
Wil-O-Way Commons
