Forest Preserves of Cook County 2025 Spring Brochure

Volunteer Opportunities NORTH Community Litter Cleanup-Spring into Action!* Come together with your neighbors for a fun and rewarding Spring cleanup. Saturday, March 29 • 9:30 am–Noon Skokie Lagoons-Tower Road Boat Launch Tower Rd, west of Forestway Dr (near Winnetka) NEWTS Stewardship Day for New Volunteers* Help pull garlic mustard, an invasive weed, so spring wildflowers can thrive. Saturday, May 3 • 9 am–Noon Camp Pine Woods , W Lake Ave/E Euclid Ave, east of N Des Plaines River Rd, (near Mount Prospect) NORTHWEST Tree TLC Volunteer Days–Care for Our Urban Forest! Mulch and prune trees in the picnic grove alongside experienced staff and fellow volunteers. Friday, April 18 • 9 am–Noon Deer Grove-East, Grove 3, W Dundee Rd, west of N Hicks Rd (near Palatine) • Chicago * Registration required: volunteer-fpdcc.givepulse.com 12 Volunteer pportunities NORTH Community Litter Cleanup-Spring into Action!* Come together with your neighbors for a fun and rewarding Spring cleanup. Saturday, March 29 • 9:30 am–Noon Skokie Lagoons-Tower Road Boat Launch Tower Rd, west of Forestway Dr (near Winnetka) NEWTS Stewardship Day for New Volunteers* Help pull garlic mustard, an invasive weed, so spring wildflowers can thrive. Saturday, May 3 • 9 am–Noon Camp Pine Woods , W Lake Ave/E Euclid Ave, east of N Des Plaines River Rd, (near Mount Prospect) NORTHWEST Tree TLC Volunteer Days–Care for Our Urban Forest! Mulch and prune trees in the picnic grove alongside experienced staff and fellow volunte rs. Friday, April 18 • 9 am–Noon Deer Grove-East, Grove 3, W Dundee Rd, w st of N Hicks Rd (near Palatin ) • Chicago * Registration required: volunteer-fpdcc.givepulse.com 12 l t r O rt iti s NORTH Co munity Litter Cleanup-Spring into Action!* Come together with your neighbors for a fun and rewarding Spring cleanup. Saturday, March 29 • 9:30 am–Noon Skokie Lagoons-Tower Road Boat Launch T wer Rd, west of F restway Dr (near Winnetka) NEWT Stewardship Day for New Volunt ers* Hel pull garlic mustard, a invasive weed, so spring wil flowers can thrive. Saturday, May 3 • 9 am–Noon Camp Pine Woods , W Lake Ave/E Eucl d Av , east of N D s Plaines River Rd, (n ar Mount Pro pect) NORTHWEST Tree TLC Volunteer Days–Care for Our Urban Forest! Mulch and prune trees in the picnic grove alongsid expe ienced staff a d fellow volunteers. Friday, April 18 • 9 am–Noon Deer Grove-East, Grove 3, W Dundee Rd, west of N Hicks Rd (near P latine) • Chicago * Registration require d: volunteer-fpdcc.givepulse.co m 12