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Shedd Aquarium Expands Partnership with Forest Preserves
...Days (GLAD). Some of the GLAD activities include habitat and wildlife watching, and invasive plant removal. Recently, the GLAD program expanded upon a partnership between Shedd Aquarium and the Forest Preserves... -
Try This: Phenology
...19th-century practice of studying the shape of people’s heads). Today, people practice phenology in both casual and serious ways. Those eager for the arrival of spring, may keep an eye... -
Watch for these Native Animals in Your Neighborhood
...the day,” Culver says. Eastern cottontail rabbit During spring, mother rabbits make nests, often in yards, with a shallow hole covered with fur and grass. Culver advises against disturbing the... -
ComEd Protects Eagles
...winds picked up on the first day, the helicopters returned for one additional day, logging about 16 hours before the work was finished. ComEd installed more than 450 diverters along... -
People of the Preserves: February 2019
...here with CIMBY students. CIMBY is Calumet in My Back Yard, a program where high school students throughout the Southside come to the preserves and have a workday. Their workday is about three... -
People of the Preserves: May 2019
...have so much fun. So it’s Ted [Stone Forest] on Friday, Sundown Meadow on Tuesday, wherever the workday is on Saturday, and occasionally on a Sunday if I still have any energy... -
People of the Preserves: January 2022
...Photo by Kris DaPra. Margaret Tobin “I went to a workday in the fall of 2013 at Spears Woods and met this group. I had an idea I would do... -
Forest Preserves of Cook County Prepares for Fall 2023 Trout Fishing Season
...Oct. 21. In addition, the Forest Preserves’ trout lakes will be closed to all fishing from Monday, Oct. 16, until sunrise on Saturday, Oct. 21. The lake closings allow the... -
Artist in Residence: Wednesday, June 14 – Workshop Day!
...this again. Perhaps we’ll reconvene this fall for a day to sketch the beautiful foliage at Camp Bullfrog Lake? I sure hope so! It’s going to be so hard to leave in... -
Volunteer Spotlight: Community Cruisers
...people.” The Forest Preserve trips helped the group practice several skills, including—perhaps surprisingly—multitasking. “One of my goals was to expose them to more than the everyday old things,” says Ramirez....