Thursday, February 17, 2022

Where you can help restore natural areas in DuPage County

 By Jeff Gahris

Are you ready to get outside and work with nature after a cold winter? Many of the opportunities listed below offer a healthy outdoor workout year-round, while enhancing the natural world around us.


Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has numerous volunteer restoration projects underway, including the Glacial Ridge Preserve where Bruce Blake of the Sierra Club is the Site Steward. https://www.dupageforest.org/get-involved/volunteer/natural-resources

The Morton Arboretum has various volunteer opportunities, https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?AP=534959351

College of DuPage offers prairie tours and work events, https://www.cod.edu/academics/programs/biology/natural_areas/prairie_tours.aspx

Glen Ellyn Park District has woodlands and prairies that enjoy loving care, https://gepark.org/get-involved/restoration-work-days/

Elmhurst Park District has a beautiful prairie restoration underway along the Illinois Prairie Path. https://www.epd.org/parks/elmhurst-great-western-prairie

Sustain DuPage has a woodland restoration underway at the Theosophical Society in Wheaton. See Protectors volunteer days posted on the on-line calendar, https://sustaindupage.com/ 

Questions? Email Jeff at jgahris@gmail.com



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