You’re invited to take a short nature hike and then collect some seeds with the group. River Trail Nature Center situated along the Des Plaines River has a lot to […]

Sand Ridge is a woodland and prairie site with a magnificent nature center attached. Join our volunteer crew for a restoration day to help restore our forest preserves. Meet outside of the […]

Join us at Whistler Woods for a restoration day and holiday-themed potluck! Bring your favorite dish and come ready to cut and burn buckthorn with other volunteers. 

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 […]

Join the Spring Creek Stewards and Citizens for Conservation for a fun, hands-on celebration of this year’s seed season! We’ll work together to mix thousands of pounds of locally collected […]

Join us as we admire the fall colors and beauty of the Des Plaines River. The final three miles of the Des Plaines River Trail have more lost, abandoned, and […]

Sand Ridge is a woodland and prairie site with a magnificent nature center attached. Join our volunteer crew for a restoration day to help restore our forest preserves. Meet outside of the […]

Join the Forest Preserves of Cook County to gather and separate all of the native seed collected during the 2025 season! Volunteers can learn more about the seed collecting process […]

Mindful nature walk to connect with the landscape and embrace the season Cozy bonfire to gather, reflect, and warm up together Art-making and creative expression inspired by nature Hands-on stewardship […]

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 […]

Sand Ridge is a woodland and prairie site with a magnificent nature center attached. Join our volunteer crew for a restoration day to help restore our forest preserves. Meet outside […]

We will continue our brush pile and buckthorn work from Thursday, as we push Craftsbury’s wall of shrubs further west. Registration: No registration required! If you are interested in signing […]

Join us in the forest preserves for tai chi, a slow meditative practice involving physical movement and mental relaxation.

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 can […]

Eggers Woods is a beautiful site made of woodlands, marshes, and prairies. For a better view of the flora and fauna at this site, join us for a volunteer day performing ecological restoration. Meet at […]

St. Paul Woods is an inviting oak-hickory woodland situated east of the North Branch of the Chicago River. Like many of our native woodlands, it needs management to clear invasive brush […]

Come help us save a beautiful old white oak from being encroached on by buckthorn and honeysuckle! All tools will be provided. Meeting location- The Earth Day oak is at […]