Please join the Friends community along with many partner organizations for a family-friendly event featuring a traditional altar, activity tables, face painting, and more. Come enjoy time with your family […]
Help restore habitat for plants and wildlife at this historic forest preserve. Blue Star Woods was once the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp and a WWII Prisoner of […]
Whistler Woods contains oaks up to 300 years old, but invasive brush prevents their acorns from sprouting. Come join a volunteer group that will cut back the invasives and improve […]
Jurgensen Woods is currently being restored by our dedicated and passionate team members on the Calumet Conservation Corps crew, with the help of others. Come take a 1 mile nature […]
Eggers is a mosaic of wooded ridges where spring wildflowers thrive and narrow wetlands are filled with sedges, marsh grasses, and waterfowl. Help remove invasive species that threaten to crowd […]
Please join us as we walk and share fun facts about the flora at Thatcher Woods as it beds down for winter. We'll also discuss how to keep ourselves active […]
Come and enjoy the beauty of this preserve along the North Branch of the Chicago River. We'll walk through floodplain and woodland terrain and also get a bird's eye view […]
Whistler Woods contains oaks up to 300 years old, but invasive brush prevents their acorns from sprouting. Come join a volunteer group that will cut back the invasives and improve […]
Whistler Woods contains oaks up to 300 years old, but invasive brush prevents their acorns from sprouting. Come join a volunteer group that will cut back the invasives and improve […]
The Skokie River and Middle Fork of the Chicago River come together to give Watersmeet Woods its name. But Watersmeet is also a wet place with numerous special types of […]
LaBagh Woods is a symbol of success for restoration work, with an abundance of bird species as well as beautiful rare animal sightings. Join us for a healing nature walk! […]
Help restore habitat for plants and wildlife at this historic forest preserve. Blue Star Woods was once the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps Camp and a WWII Prisoner of […]
