Volunteer News
Sign up for the Forest Way email newsletter and receive the latest Forest Preserves news, events and volunteer opportunities each month.
Sign Up for NewsletterPeople of the Preserves: March 2019
People of the Preserves: February 2019
People of the Preserves: January 2019
![prairie plants at Somme Prairie](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/somme-prairie-nature-preserve-jul14-200x114.jpg)
Restoration Started by Volunteers Reaches Next Stage in Somme Prairie Nature Preserve
![Two volunteers, Ellie Shunas and Lee Witkowski, holding a restoration tool](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/volunteer-tool-doctors-ellie-shunas-lee-witkowski-nov18-200x114.jpg)
“Doctors” In Residency
![Dave and Kathy Branigan at Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dave-kathy-branigan-aug18-200x114.jpg)
Fridays with the Branigans
![Jerri Hossli at the Sand Ridge Nature Center bird garden.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jerri-hossli-sand-ridge-bird-garden-jul18-200x114.jpg)
Give it Back to the Birds
The Value and Management of Street Trees
![Miami Woods Prairie](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/miami-woods-prairie-north-branch-restoration-mar18-200x114.jpg)