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Shedd Aquarium Expands Partnership with Forest Preserves
![a group of volunteers looking at a water sample while monitoring macroinvertebrates at Deer Grove.](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/deer-grove-macroinvertebrate-monitoring-jun18-200x114.jpg)
Volunteers Contribute to Deer Grove Restoration Efforts
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Save the Prairie Society Celebrates 40 Years at Wolf Road Prairie
Trail Watch Program Looking For Volunteers
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Love the Palos Preserves’ Singletrack Trails? Thank CAMBr!
![Ribbon cutting at Orland Grassland - Left to right: Pat Hayes (Orland Grassland Volunteers), Gerald Adelmann (Openlands), Arnold Randall (FPCC), Forest Preserves Commissioner Elizabeth Gorman, Col. Christopher Drew (Army Corps), Mayor Dan McLaughlin (Village of Orland Park), Stephen Packard (founding director of Audubon Chicago Region)](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/orland-grassland-ribbon-cutting-sep14-200x114.jpg)
Orland Grassland Restoration Marks Milestone
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Volunteer Spotlight: Seed Collecting
![a volunteer throwing invasive brush onto a fire at Brookfield Woods](https://fpdcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/brookfield-woods-volunteer-elsa-anderson-Jan18-200x114.jpg)
Volunteer Spotlight: Winter Workdays
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