Restoration work is just beginning on this beautifully wooded site filled with towering oaks and hickories, wonderful understory of muscle wood and its namesake spicebush, with a lush sedge filled floor. We’ll...
Oxbow Prairie, formed by an old loop in the river’s course, lies northwest of Bunker Hill Savanna. This old oxbow in the Chicago River’s North Branch is a combination of low, wet...
This fine oak woodland lies on the west side of the North Branch of the Chicago River in the village of Glenview. Several different species of oak are represented here; red oaks...
At Indian Road Woods visitors can stroll through a grove of stately old bur oaks on a bluff above the river. In springtime, a large population of the rare wild hyacinth provides a delightful...
Somme Woods South Parking for these workdays is on a residential street. See below. To volunteer or for more information contact: Linda Masters For workdays at Somme Woods South, park only on the south...
Linne Prairie is a different site from the rest of the North Branch preserves. The area was used as temporary storage for a huge pile of limestone excavated for the deep tunnel...