Events Calendar
STEWARDSHIP DAYS and COVID UPDATE!
February 7, 2021
Following guidelines from the City of Chicago, Cook County, and the Illinois Dept of Public Health, the Forest Preserve has resumed public volunteer activities. Note that some North Branch sites may continue to be invitation only; this will be indicated on the Calendar.
Stewardship days are limited to 25 people. Covid guidelines, including masks and social distancing, are requirements.
Interested in a specific workday? Please RSVP or contact the stewards ahead of time (see Contacts at the bottom of each event).
9:00 am
Named for the joining of the Middle and East Forks of the North Branch of the Chicago River, Watersmeet Prairie Grove has a wide variety of communities, from a limey, wet woods...
Linne Woods
FreeLinne Woods boasts such spring wildflowers as windflower and toothwort under a canopy of oaks and hickories with an understory of ironwood and black cherry. Directions: For Linne Woods north, go west...
Somme Woods
FreeSomme Woods has bur and white oak savannas and woodlands with massive old oaks, open marshes, and ephemeral ponds. Rich with native plants and animals, the savannas and woodlands are being restored to...