Beaubien Woods – Stewardship Volunteer Days

Beaubien Woods Forest Preserves is a 250-acre site located in the southeast part of Cook County. It is home to several 100+ year-old oak trees, high-quality prairie, oak savanna, 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 […]

St. Paul Woods Volunteer Workday

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fall Seed Soirée

Come join us for an afternoon of dancing, food and snacks, bonfires, seed collecting, nature walks, and games for kids and adults. This event is located at Kickapoo Woods on Sat, […]

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 […]