Welcome! To join a workday, please RSVP or contact the stewards ahead of time (see Contacts at the bottom of each event).

NOTE: All youth (under 18 years of age) must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, or be part of a chaperoned group (e.g. scouts, schools, etc). See our FAQs page for details.
  • Oxbow Prairie

    Oxbow Prairie 6800 N Caldwell Ave, Chicago, il

    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...

    Free
  • Harms Flatwoods

    Harms Flatwoods IL, United States

    In the village of Skokie, east of the Chicago River’s North Branch, Harms Flatwoods is dominated by huge old bur and swamp white oaks, with an understory of black ash, winterberry, hazelnut...

    Free
  • Wayside Woods & Prairie

    Wayside Forest Preserve 8874 Lehigh Ave, Morton Grove, il

    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
  • Harms Woods East

    Harms East Forest Preserve 265 Harms Road, Morton Grove, il

    Harms Woods East is a mixture of upland woods, floodplain and wet woods lying east of the Chicago River. Work at this part of the site began in 2012 with brush removal...

    Free
  • Somme Woods South

    Somme Woods South 1625 Ferndale Ave, Northbrook, IL, United States

      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...

    Free
  • Labagh-Hernandez Woods

    Labagh-Hernandez Woods 5275 N. Cicero, Chicago, il

    Located on the North Branch of the Chicago River, LaBagh is an important stopover point for birds during their spring and fall migration journeys. Most of LaBagh is made up of floodplain...