Events
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Fireside Mosaics
National Grove-South • North Riverside, IL 60546Join us around a campfire to create your own mosaic piece. Supplies provided. Registration required. Waitlist available.
Free • Registration Closed -
Beginner Cross-Country Ski Lessons (Snow Dependent)
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439Learn to ski with a certified Professional Ski Instructor of America. Ages 12 & up.
$20 – $30 • Registration Required -
Build a Birdhouse
Sand Ridge Nature Center • South Holland, IL 60473Learn the basics of backyard avian husbandry, and build and paint a birdhouse with time for a Q&A session.
Free • Registration Closed -
Restoration Workday
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439Join naturalists as we help restore our ecosystems by removing invasive species. Equipment provided. Ages 12 & up.
Free • Registration Required -
Fireside Mosaics
Swallow Cliff Woods-North • Cook County, IL 60464 (near Palos Park)Join us around an indoor fire to create your own mosaic piece. Supplies provided. Hosted at Swallow Cliff Woods Pavilion. Registration required.
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Crabtree Hygge
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Drop-in to celebrate the Danish tradition of coziness with hot chocolate and relaxing activities.
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Black History Month Walk
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Learn about the impacts Black environmentalists have on the natural world on a self-guided trail exhibit.
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Underground Railroad Self-Guided Walks
Sand Ridge Nature Center • South Holland, IL 60473Join us for walks throughout February for Black History Month.
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Black History Month Exhibit
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439Learn about African Americans who ski and challenges they face in winter sports.
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Beginner Cross-Country Ski Lessons (Snow Dependent)
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439Learn to ski with a certified Professional Ski Instructor of America. Ages 12 & up.
$20 – $30 • Registration Required -
Winter Session of the Four Seasons Walk
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Learn about and experience forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, a form of therapeutic relaxation in which your senses are immersed in nature to relax, heighten awareness, […]
Free • Registration Required -
Bluegrass Jam
Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305Bring your own guitar, fiddle, etc. and join the jam! All are welcome to play or just listen. Drop in.
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Groundhog Day
River Trail Nature Center • Northbrook, IL 60062Learn the story behind this peculiar holiday.
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Moonlight Ski
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439Ski by the light of the full moon. Ski rentals limited. Reservations required via SignUpGenius, available the Sunday before. Skiers with their own equipment must […]
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Full Moon Walk
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Discover Crabtree at night by the light of the Snow Moon. Ages 8 & up.
Free • Registration Required -
Canceled Moonlight Hike
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439Hike by the light of the full moon.
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Women’s Night Out: Full Moon Empowerment
River Trail Nature Center • Northbrook, IL 60062Empower, connect and inspire. Presented with Gayle Byck of InTune with Nature. Cost: $10/person. Ages 18 & up.
$10 • Registration Required -
Groundhogs 101
Brookfield Woods • Brookfield, IL 60513Learn about one of Chicagoland’s only true hibernating animals and take a short hike to explore groundhog habitat.
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Meet Our Ambassador Animals
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Meet the animals that call Crabtree home.
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Feed the Birds Day
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Celebrate by creating a bird feeder and see what our ambassador birds eat!
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Senior Fitness Walk
Thatcher Woods • River Forest, IL 60305Join other seniors for a gentle, moderately paced 1-mile walk. Led by Roberta Jannsen, University of Illinois Extension volunteer.
Free • Registration Required -
Wee Wanderer Wednesdays
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Join us for a special program for little naturalists. Tickets on first-come, first-served basis. Ages 2-6 w/ adult.
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Cozy Campground Book Club
Camp Reinberg • Palatine, IL 60074Join this camping themed book club!
Free • Registration Required -
Black History Month Story Trails
Dan Ryan Woods Visitor Center & Pavilion • Chicago, IL 60620Follow a self-guided story featuring a prominent African American figure.
Free
