Events
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Be a Better Birder: Getting Started
Virtual EventLearn how to start birding! Build your birding kit and learn where you can find resources.
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Canceled Nature Photography
Sauk Trail Woods-Central • South Chicago Heights, IL 60411Enjoy the winter landscapes and bring a camera to capture the beauty along our trail.
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Canceled Saving Dark Skies
Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480Discover how light pollution dims our view of the night sky with an indoor presentation and a view through telescopes!
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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 Roving Birdwatch
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Join us on Giant’s Hollow Trail to walk, talk and birdwatch.
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Winter Trails and Camp Fire Details
Camp Reinberg • Palatine, IL 60074Enjoy a short hike, watch a campfire building demo, and relax on the fireside with hot beverages and s’mores.
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All About Fire
FeaturedThatcher Woods Pavilion • River Forest, IL 60305Learn safe practices for fire building and containment, make fire inspired art, build your own fire and roast marshmallows. Drop in.
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Meet Our Ambassador Animals
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Meet the animals that call Crabtree home.
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Winter Insects
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center • Lemont, IL 60439Believe it or not, some insects are active through the winter. Search for these cold-hardy survivors. Ages 14 & up.
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“Bone” Appetit
Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305Join us at feeding time as we give our outdoor Ambassador Animals their dinner.
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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 -
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.
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Canceled Yoga
Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480Bring a yoga mat/towel. Ages 18 & up.
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Forest Bathing: Healing Trees
River Trail Nature Center • Northbrook, IL 60062Experience the health benefits of nature. Presented with Gayle Byck of InTune with Nature. Ages 13 & up.
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Conservation@Home: Winter Seed Sowing
River Trail Nature Center • Northbrook, IL 60062Use native seeds to make a winter sowing milk jug and take it home. Supplies provided. Ages 13 & up.
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2 Miles at 2
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Join us for an afternoon walk. Ages 18 & up.
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Winter Roving Birdwatch
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Join us on Giant’s Hollow Trail to walk, talk and birdwatch.
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Woodworking for Your Garden
Trailside Museum of Natural History • River Forest, IL 60305Create your own bat box or bee house for your garden! Supplies included. Waitlist available. Please note: This event has been relocated to the Trailside […]
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Nature’s Art Box
Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center • Willow Springs, IL 60480Explore the wild side of creativity! Kids ages 3–6 with an adult can enjoy hands-on nature-inspired art and activities. Supplies provided.
Free • Registration Required -
Animal Enrichment Studio
Crabtree Nature Center • Barrington, IL 60010Create new items for our ambassador animals then watch how enrichment is used as an important part of their care.
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Winter Open Climb
Camp Sullivan • Oak Forest, IL 60452Scale Camp Sullivan's indoor climbing wall! Participants must weigh over 40 lbs. Adult supervision and waiver required. Accessible equipment available. Open 4 to 8 pm.
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Canceled Dungeons & Dragons (Flies theme)
Caldwell Woods Wellness Center • Chicago, IL 60646Join us for a nature-themed DND one-shot campaign. No experience required. BYO-Dice.
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Be a Better Birder: How Birds Got Their Names
Virtual EventLearn how scientists name birds, the history of common names and the changes that bird names may undergo.
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Introduction to Native Landscape Design
Learn design principles, explore native plant selection and maintenance to create beautiful, climate-adapted landscapes that benefit wildlife. After the online workshop (part 1) on January […]
Free • Registration Required
