Forest Park & Recreation for All

The support of private donors and the St. Louis community is essential to sustaining outdoor recreation in Forest Park.

The 2024 holiday card features Murphy Lake, a tranquil spot in Forest Park’s northeast corner.

2024 Holiday Cards are Here!

Do you send holiday cards to clients or loved ones? Purchase our nonprofit’s Holiday Cards here!

Sending a Forest Park Forever holiday card sustains our daily work in Forest Park. Plus, our conservancy can help you fancify your seasons greetings with silver envelope seals and personalization for qualifying purchases.

Team members prepare a hole to seat the trees that are replacing the emerald ash borer-infested ash trees along Grand Drive.

Replacing Trees Affected by Emerald Ash Borer

Forest Park Forever and the City of St. Louis are coordinating to remove and replace trees in Forest Park affected by the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle destroying millions of ash trees in North America.

During this work, parking will be limited along Grand Drive near the Visitor Center and Dwight Davis Tennis Center while Forestry Division crews remove 41 trees and the Forest Park Forever team plants Wildfire Tupelo trees to replace them.

A Forest Park Forever truck parked in Kennedy Forest has a bushel of vines in the flat bed.

25th Invasive Species Removal & Habitat Restoration

For the 25th year, volunteers came together to help Forest Park Forever restore and maintain the Park's natural areas.

On November 2, more than 110 volunteers, the Kennedy Woods Advisory Group (KWAG) and our conservancy focused on restoring 6.5 acres in John F. Kennedy Memorial Forest. We filled 4.5 trucks with wintercreeper and other vines during another successful Invasive Species Removal & Habitat Restoration project day. Thank you to everyone who joined!

Learn more about this annual, large-scale volunteer effort.

An illustration of people of all ages enjoying splash pads, roller skating and leisure in front of Steinberg with a revitalized rooftop pavilion and gathering space — A reimagining of what Steinberg could be if activated for summer

Reimagining Steinberg Rink & Eastern Forest Park

The Forest Park Master Plan calls for Steinberg to become a year-round amenity. What could that look like?

We’re partnering with the City and world-class designers on a vision that invites the community to enjoy eastern Forest Park in every season.

Learn more about the multi-year project.

Steinberg Skating Rink Winter Information can be found on their website.

Aerial map of Forest Park that is mostly grayscale. The Taylor Kindle river and Forest Park's many lakes are hued blue, and the flora surrounding each waterway is hued green. A box of yellow dashes contain numbers 1-4 that mark th main project sites — A map of Forest Park highlighting the waterways

East Waterways Project

The scope of this multi-year project is to complete the connection of the Park’s waterways. The third and final phase is underway, with construction all around Jefferson Lake, which will be connected to the Taylor Kindle River.

Learn more about the full project here.

Anglers take note that Jefferson Lake (3 on the map, left) is being restored and will not be stocked with trout during the 2024-25 fishing season.