Staff celebrated the birth of several baby turtles last week at the golf course. Since June, Jason, a staff member at Sugar Creek, has checked and protected a turtle nest in a sand trap on the course. On September 27, he checked the nest and noticed the turtles were emerging. The timing was great, since many baby turtles do not make it back to water by themselves if the nest is far from water.

This month, Elmhurst Park District and the Village of Villa Park were pleased to receive the Jane Foulser Habitat Award from the DuPage Monarch Project. The award is in recognition of the Sugar Creek restoration project at Sugar Creek Golf Course, which is jointly owned by the Park District and the Village of Villa Park. The award recognizes the project’s contribution to pollinator habitats within DuPage County.