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President Preckwinkle speaks to 2019 Forest Preserve Experience graduates

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 A group of youth volunteers

August 2019 Volunteer Opportunities

 Ruby-throated hummingbird feeding on cardinal flower at McCormick Woods. Photo by Fidencio Marbella.

Don’t Miss Hummingbird Fest on Saturday, August 17

 Leslie Gaeta standing in front of the sign at Shoe Factory Road Prairie

Meet July’s People of the Preserves

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Web Map

 people at a picnic shelter

Permits

 two girls painting a pumpkin

Events

 Yellow-leaved trees in autumn along the paved North Branch Trail in Miami Woods

Trail List

 a tent and campfire at dusk at Camp Bullfrog Lake

Camping

 a group of volunteers

Volunteer

 The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center

Nature Centers

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 two coyotes at Yankee Woods

Where plants & animals thrive

 a woman walking with her baby at LaBagh Woods

Building healthy communities