Interested in partnering with the Forest Preserves of Cook County on an Ecological Stewardship project or another volunteer initiative? Contact us at volunteer.FPD@cookcountyil.gov or 773-631-1790.
On this page:
- Engaging Volunteers Coalition
- Ecological Stewardship Volunteer Partners
- Community Science Partners
- Additional Partners
Engaging Volunteers Coalition
- Audubon Great Lakes
- Bobolink Foundation
- Brookfield Zoo
- Chicago Bird Alliance
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Chicago Ornithological Society
- Citizens for Conservation
- The Field Museum
- Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves
- Friends of the Chicago River
- Friends of the Forest Preserves
- Go Green DesPlaines
- Izaak Walton League, Des Plaines Chapter
- Oakton Community College
- Openlands
- Shedd Aquarium
Ecological Stewardship Volunteer Partners
- Friends of Bluff Spring Fen
- Deer Grove Natural Areas Volunteers
- North Branch Restoration Project
- Orland Grassland Volunteers
- Palos Restoration Project
- Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards
- Save the Prairie Society
- Somme Preserves Volunteers
- Spring Creek Stewards
Community Science Partners
- Alder Planetarium
- University of Illinois – BeeSpotter
- Bird Conservation Network
- Calling Frog Survey
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Friends of the Chicago River Wildlife Monitors
- Illinois Odonate Survey
- Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network
- iNaturalist
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- Plants of Concern
- Budburst
- Singing Insects Monitoring Program
- United States Geological Survey Bee Lab at the Eastern Ecological Science Center
- Winter Chloride Watch at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center
Additional Partners
- Backyard Nature Center
- Clean Up Give Back
- Chicago Area Mountain Bikers (CAMBr)
- Chicago Wilderness
- Faith in Place
- Friends of Cycling in Elk Grove
- Friends of the Parks
- Gay for Good, Chicago
- The Honeycomb Project
- Out in Nature
- Refugee Education & Adventure Challenge (REACH)
- Scouting America
- Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter
- SouthWest Interfaith Team (SWIFT)
- University of Illinois Extension – Master Naturalist Program