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  • Wellness Tuesdays at Kickapoo Woods

    Kickapoo Woods Kickapoo Woods, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Every Tuesday until September 23rd, 2025! Entrance at Halsted, south of 144th St. Riverdale, IL 60827. Stretch and Walks9:00 am – 10:00 am2 mile walk. Walking pace with room for […]

  • Wellness Wednesdays at Whistler Woods

    Whistler Woods M946+6JQ, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Every Wednesday until September 24th, 2025! Entrance at 134th St., East of Halsted Ave. Riverdale, IL 60827. Stretch and Walks9:00 am – 10:00 am2 mile walk. Walking pace with room […]

  • Stewardship Volunteer Days – Hill ‘N Dale

    Hill ‘N Dale Office 42°09'33.8"N 88°12'22.3"W, Barrington HIlls, IL, United States

    Come learn about sedges at Hill N Dale this Thursday from 9-11am! We will be learning, collecting, and maybe even spreading some of this seed. No registration required! If you […]

  • Stewardship Volunteer Days – Grigsby Prairie

    Grigsby Parking Location 5R78+XF9, Barrington HIlls, IL, United States

    Come learn about Leiberg’s Panic Grass (aka Prairie Panic Grass), Tussock Sedge and more at Grigsby Prairie this Thursday from 9-11am! We will be learning, collecting, and maybe even spreading […]

  • Stewardship Volunteer Days: Dan Ryan Woods

    Dan Ryan Woods P8HJ+FR, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Dan Ryan Woods is an expansive area covering 257 acres of Cook County. The site is home to beautiful woodlands, and flora and fauna that thrive in it.  During our volunteer days, you […]

  • Xylem Seed Garden Workdays

    North Branch Xylem Seed Garden 6633 W Harts Road, Niles, IL, United States

    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 […]

  • Xylem Seed Garden Workdays

    North Branch Xylem Seed Garden 6633 W Harts Road, Niles, IL, United States

    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 […]

  • Seed Leaders Essentials Workshop

    Hill N Dale Farmhouse 42°09'34.5"N 88°12'23.1"W, Barrington Hills, Illinois, United States

    Join BGI at our upcoming Seed Leaders Essentials Workshop! All are welcome and free to attend. We will be sharing seed leadership resources and teaching any and all interested in […]

  • 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 […]

  • Stewardship Volunteer Days: Kickapoo Woods

    Kickapoo Woods & Priarie J9J3+GP, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Kickapoo Woods is a site with beautiful wet prairies in Riverdale, IL. During volunteer days, you can get up close and personal with nature performing a variety of restoration activities. Meet at the volunteer […]

  • Sketch and Stroll

    Penny Road Pond 42°05'53.9"N 88°12'26.2"W, Barrington HIlls, Illinois, United States

    Join BGI at our upcoming Sketch and Stroll nature journaling hike! All are welcome and free to attend, this will be led by a beginner artist All supplies will be provided but please feel free to bring art supplies that you particularly enjoy. We will be going on a short walk admiring and learning all […]

  • Stewardship Volunteer Days – Galloping Hill

    Penny Road Pond Parking Location 42°05'54.0"N 88°12'26.0"W, Barrington HIlls, Illinois, United States

    Join Spring Creek Stewards as we go on a scavenger hunt for White Sweet Clover! All are welcome to come, learn, and lead. Contact Information- [email protected] or Ken DeMuth 312-316-5216 Register at the below link.

  • Wellness Tuesdays at Kickapoo Woods

    Kickapoo Woods Kickapoo Woods, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Every Tuesday until September 23rd, 2025! Entrance at Halsted, south of 144th St. Riverdale, IL 60827. Stretch and Walks9:00 am – 10:00 am2 mile walk. Walking pace with room for conversation & mindfulness. No registration required. Yoga10:00 am – 11:00 amAll levels welcome. Registration not required, but please email us if you will be bringing […]

  • Wellness Wednesdays at Whistler Woods

    Whistler Woods M946+6JQ, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Every Wednesday until September 24th, 2025! Entrance at 134th St., East of Halsted Ave. Riverdale, IL 60827. Stretch and Walks9:00 am – 10:00 am2 mile walk. Walking pace with room for conversation & mindfulness. No registration required. Yoga10:00 am – 11:00 amAll levels welcome. Registration not required, but please email us if you will be […]

  • 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 and slightly higher mesic prairie soils. A small open savanna lies on what was once the east bank of the river. The mesic prairie had […]

  • Wellness Tuesdays at Kickapoo Woods

    Kickapoo Woods Kickapoo Woods, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Every Tuesday until September 23rd, 2025! Entrance at Halsted, south of 144th St. Riverdale, IL 60827. Stretch and Walks9:00 am – 10:00 am2 mile walk. Walking pace with room for conversation & mindfulness. No registration required. Yoga10:00 am – 11:00 amAll levels welcome. Registration not required, but please email us if you will be bringing […]

  • Wellness Wednesdays at Whistler Woods

    Whistler Woods M946+6JQ, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Every Wednesday until September 24th, 2025! Entrance at 134th St., East of Halsted Ave. Riverdale, IL 60827. Stretch and Walks9:00 am – 10:00 am2 mile walk. Walking pace with room for conversation & mindfulness. No registration required. Yoga10:00 am – 11:00 amAll levels welcome. Registration not required, but please email us if you will be […]

  • Stewardship Volunteer Days – Flint Creek Savanna

    Flint Creek Savanna – CFC Farmhouse Parking Lot 5RRH+X3V, Lake Barrington, IL, United States

    Come learn about collecting sedges and Shooting Stars at Flint Creek Savanna this Thursday from 9-11am! We will be learning, collecting, and maybe even spreading some of this seed. No registration required! If you are interested in signing up for the CFC newsletter for weekly event emails here is that link- https://citizensforconservation.org/get-involved/regular-workdays/   Contact Information: [email protected]

  • Nature Journaling Workshop Series: Looking at the Smaller Picture

    Whistler Woods Forest Preserve 735 West 134th Street, Riverdale, Illinois, United States

    Our series of nature journaling workshops will take you on a progressive journey that will allow you to explore skills like observation, art, color theory, poetry, and more! You will have the chance to collaborate with others and learn in a peaceful, welcoming environment in Calumet’s best forest preserves (view the agenda for specific site […]

  • Trailblazers: Ted Lechowicz Woods Seed Collecting

    Thaddeus S. “Ted” Lechowicz Woods 5901 North Central Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

    The group will learn how to identify and collect some native plant seeds. Seeds collected will be given to the North Branch Restoration Project for sowing later in the year. This is part of a process that helps preserve and diversify the ecosystems in Cook County forest preserves. Difficulty Level: This task will require walking […]