Seeds and Sunset

Join our Northwest Field Organizer, Isabella Stocke, for a seed collection evening at the beautiful Spring Creek Long Meadow prairie! Enjoy a plant walk in nature, learn identification skills, and […]

North Branch Xylem Seed Garden Workdays

North Branch Xylem Seed Garden 6633 W Harts Road, Niles

Seeds are the lifeblood of healthy woodlands and prairies. By growing successive generations of species, they help ensure resilient, self-renewing natural areas for years to come. Restoration volunteers hand collect […]

Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Workday – Sundays

Come volunteer to restore native habitat! Filled with prairie, oak woodlands and wetlands, the Poplar Creek region in Northwest Cook County needs you. You will be given the opportunity to pursue […]

Miami Woods and Prairie Volunteer Workday

The Miami Woods Forest Preserve covers 112 acres stretching along the west side of the North Branch of the Chicago River from Oakton Street northward to Dempster Street.  It is […]

Seeds and Sunset

Join our Northwest Field Organizer, Isabella Stocke, for a seed collection evening at the beautiful Spring Creek Long Meadow prairie! Enjoy a plant walk in nature, learn identification skills, and […]

Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Workday – Saturdays

Come volunteer to restore native habitat! Filled with prairie, oak woodlands and wetlands, the Poplar Creek region in Northwest Cook County needs you. You will be given the opportunity to pursue […]

Oxbow Prairie Volunteer Workday

Formed by an old loop in the river’s course, lies the Oxbow Prairie. This old oxbow in the Chicago River’s North Branch is a combination of low, wet prairie soils […]

Seeds and Sunset

Join our Northwest Field Organizer, Isabella Stocke, for a seed collection evening at the beautiful Spring Creek Long Meadow prairie! Enjoy a plant walk in nature, learn identification skills, and […]

North Branch Xylem Seed Garden Workdays

North Branch Xylem Seed Garden 6633 W Harts Road, Niles

Seeds are the lifeblood of healthy woodlands and prairies. By growing successive generations of species, they help ensure resilient, self-renewing natural areas for years to come. Restoration volunteers hand collect […]

Hofmann Dam River Rats Semi-Annual River Clean-Up

Join Hofman Dam River Rats for their Semi-Annual River Clean-Up! Bring your kids, parents, neighbors, or friends! We accept AND recycle aluminum cans to raise money for future clean-ups and […]

Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Workday – Sundays

Come volunteer to restore native habitat! Filled with prairie, oak woodlands and wetlands, the Poplar Creek region in Northwest Cook County needs you. You will be given the opportunity to pursue […]

Bunker Hill North Flatwoods Volunteer Workdays

Join the North Branch Restoration Project to restore this oak woodland to its former beauty! This 76-acre site depends on a community of volunteers to remove invasive species, spread native […]