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Party for the Preserves Events on September 23 Mark Big Day for Public Lands

 President Preckwinkle and other officials cut the ribbon at Crabtree Nature Center.

President Preckwinkle Cuts Ribbon on New and Improved Crabtree Nature Center

 A bumble bee on a flower.

Little Bees Have a Big Impact on Ecosystems

 A person planting native plants in a restored forest preserve.

Referendum Seeds Begin to Bloom

 A graduation ceremony for 75 Cook County youth at Wampum Lake Forest Preserve.

Seventy-Five HACC Youth Graduate from Summer Jobs Program in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

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 people at a picnic shelter

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

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 a tent and campfire at dusk at Camp Bullfrog Lake

Camping

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 The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center

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 two coyotes at Yankee Woods

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 a woman walking with her baby at LaBagh Woods

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