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Volunteer Newsletter: The Greeters at Poplar Creek
...day’s work, lining up snacks for break. The site steward or workday leader is often unloading tools, conferring with other leaders, doing a final weather check and responding to the... -
Celebrate Valentine’s Day in the Forest Preserves of Cook County
...Valentine Card Craft Pick Up: Thursday, February 11-Sunday, February 14; 9 am-4 pm. Trailside Museum of Natural History, 738 Thatcher Ave, River Forest. Create a cute animal Valentine’s Day card... -
Palos Preserves Named the World’s Largest Urban Night Sky Place
...of timers, shielded fixtures and night sky friendly LED lighting. “For the entire history of life on Earth, dark nights followed sunlit days. In a little more than a century... -
Volunteer Spotlight: Seed Collecting
...broadcast over areas of earth where invasive trees and shrubs have been removed, encouraging a healthy ground layer (or “understory”) and helping to prevent weedy species from moving in. In... -
Prescribed Burns Help Natural Areas Thrive
...as oaks and hickories, as well as numerous grasses and wildflowers. As an additional benefit to prescribed burns, the black earth left behind after a fire warms more quickly in... -
Snow Fleas: Unexpected Life in the Frozen Forest
...winter halts the visible activity of most insects and spiders, visit your local preserve on a sunny winter day and you may encounter the hardy little snow flea. Look around... -
People of the Preserves: January 2019
...I feel like I take a lot from the Earth and there is kind of a guilt from taking, and taking, and taking. It’s kind of an empty feeling after... -
Youth in Nature
In honor of our annual Teen Exploration Day, throughout August we’re featuring youth from our Youth Outdoor Ambassador and youth conservation corps programs on the Forest Preserves of Cook County... -
Your Wild Animal Stories
...workday wound down, we relaxed around the brushpile, enjoying the beautiful winter day. Before long, we noticed that a few voles had joined us, taking advantage of the melted snow... -
November 15 is Opening Day for 2024 Picnic, Special Event Permits and Camping Reservations
...permits online by attending a Zoom permit session on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 12 p.m. or Thursday, Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. Registration is requested, and can be done by...