Friends and the Forest Preserves are long time partners who love to support each other's work. There is so much great winter programming put on by FPCC, we wanted to make sure our Friends know about it!

Located on the Little Calumet River, just East of Altgeld Gardens, Beaubien Woods has been the subject of restoration work from volunteers and student groups working with The Field Museum for over a decade. Every first Saturday (except July and August), volunteers are out removing invasive species and planting natives, each year increasing the biodiversity of this historic site.

Join Friends and the Forest Preserves of Cook County in our Centennial Volunteers program and help restore this oak woodland to its former beauty! Have fun and get outside with us. 

Forest Glen is a part of the Lower North Branch Preserves, and brand new to volunteer stewardship. This unique woodland, savanna, and floodplain ecosystem needs help from our volunteer community to remove invasive plants, collect and distribute native seeds, and reduce erosion issues.

The 2018 Chicago River Summit, Ending the Waste Stream: Pathways to a Garbage-Free Chicago River is SOLD OUT. 

Be a part of forest and river revitalization by joining an inspiring movement of volunteers gathering to restore nine special sites along the Chicago and Calumet Rivers.

Somme Woods East, the furthest east of the Sommes, has bur and white oak woodlands with massive old oaks, open marshes, and ephemeral ponds. Rich with native plants and animals, they are being restored to their original beauty. Our goal is to grow a community who will become caretakers through on-going education and training.