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

Help us collect seed at Spring Creek Prairie to distribute back into the area. Enjoy nature, learn plant identification skills, and responsible seed collecting techniques. Tools and snacks provided. Contact […]

Please join us for a pre-holiday hike as we explore the woodland trail for fun and fitness. The trail is easy to moderately difficult. Adults, including active 50+, are invited […]

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 through invasive brush clearing and burning Seasonal refreshments including roasted sweet potatoes, herbal tea, and chocolate Celebrate Winter in the Preserves! Ever wondered how to […]

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.