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Wayside Woods & Prairie

Wayside Forest Preserve 8874 Lehigh Ave, Morton Grove

The village of Morton Grove has a constellation of sites. One of the fine prairie restorations along the North Branch is Wayside Woods Prairie. A former baseball diamond is now covered with...

Free

Somme Woods

Somme Woods 1714 Dundee Road, Northbrook

Somme 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...

Free

Spicebush Woods

Spicebush Woods 6221 N Caldwell Avenue, Chicago

Restoration work is just beginning on this beautifully wooded site of towering oaks and hickories with an understory of blue beech and spicebush. We'll be clearing buckthorn and pole trees to let...

Free

Bunker North Flatwoods

Bunker North Flatwoods 6600 West Harts Road, Niles

Bunker North Flatwoods gets its cathedral-like character from the large old pin oaks that dominate the canopy. Join the North Branch Restoration Project and Centennial Volunteers as we restore this oak woodland...

Free