Forest Preserves of Cook County 2019 Winter Brochure

Students can nd inspiration—and a paycheck—in the Forest Preserves Where Youth Learn to Love Nature More than 700 students have helped improve the Forest Preserves through CCLC since 2009. When Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps (CCLC) students finish their six-week summer job in the Forest Preserves, they sound proud, inspired and ready for their next challenge. “I like working here because I feel like I am making a difference in my community,” explains Ben Wolowitz, a senior who joined 50 other high school students last summer on crews that remove invasive brush and maintain trails near nature centers in forest preserves across Cook County. 16