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The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Fri, Jun 30 • 5 pm

Teen Exploration Day: Biodiversity Meetup

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
a stream in Paw Paw Woods
Sat, Jul 1 • 9 am

Photography Walk

Maple Lake-East – Mountain Bike Staging Area • Cook County, IL 60480 (near Willow Springs)
Bridge and trail at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center. Photo by Christine Karge Dewey.
Sat, Jul 1 • 10 am

Fireworks of the Prairie

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
red bat in a tree
Sat, Jul 1 • 8:30 pm

Bat Monitoring Night Hike

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
A Hine's Emerald Dragonfly
Sun, Jul 2 • 1 pm

Dragonflies: Nature’s Airshow

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Mon, Jul 3 • 8:45 pm

Moon Walk

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Wed, Jul 5 • 10 am

I am a Scientist: Herpetology

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Thu, Jul 6 • 10 am

S.E.N.I.O.R.S.

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
monarch butterfly feeding on a sunflower
Thu, Jul 6 • 1 pm

Butterfly Hike

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Fri, Jul 7 • 10 am

Fridays in the Field: Bats

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
a person cutting buckthorn with loppers at Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Sat, Jul 8 • 10 am

R.I.P. Stewardship

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center in summer.
Sat, Jul 8 • 1 pm

Naturalist Choice

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center in summer.
Sun, Jul 9 • 10 am

Tree Identification

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
monarch butterfly feeding on a sunflower
Tue, Jul 11 • 10 am

Monarch Drop-in

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Tue, Jul 11 - Fri, Jul 14 • 10 am

Reptilian Exploration Camp

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
A Forest Preserves staff member showing how to light a fire in front of a small group at a Camping 101 event.
Wed, Jul 12 • 6 pm

Camping 101

Camp Sullivan • Oak Forest, IL 60452
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center in summer.
Thu, Jul 13 • 1 pm

Teen Exploration Day: Nature Journaling

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Fri, Jul 14 • 10 am

Fridays in the Field: Beavers

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
two people hiking on the Palos Trail System
Sat, Jul 15 • 10 am

Fitness Hike

Yankee Woods • Cook County, IL 60477 (near Tinley Park)
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Mon, Jul 17 • 8:45 pm

Dark Sky Walk

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Tue, Jul 18 - Thu, Jul 20 • 9 am

Young Naturalists Field Camp

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center in summer.
Special Event Tue, Jul 18 - Thu, Jul 20 • 9:30 am

Field Botany – Teacher Workshop

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Thu, Jul 20 • 5:15 am

Sunrise Walks

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
Thu, Jul 20 • 1 pm

Knitting in Nature: An Introduction

Swallow Cliff Woods-North • Cook County, IL 60464 (near Palos Park)
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Fri, Jul 21 • 10 am

Fridays in the Field: Turtles

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Fri, Jul 21 • 5 pm

Teen Exploration Day: Biodiversity Meetup

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480
two runners on the Sag Valley Trail at Swallow Cliff Woods
Sat, Jul 22 • 9 am

Fitness Hike

Swallow Cliff Woods-South • Cook County, IL 60464 (near Palos Park)
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center in summer.
Sat, Jul 22 • 10 am

Bird Banding – Drop in

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center in summer.
Sun, Jul 23 • 9 am

National Moth Week: Morning Moths

Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439
The visitors center at the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center
Tue, Jul 25 - Fri, Jul 28 • 9 am

Wilderness Adventure Camp

Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480