Various Preserves

Try out our hands-on conservation field trips through this one-day sampler program. Session includes removal of invasive species, an activity on the importance of land management in maintaining habitat quality and exploration time looking for tracks and evidence of wildlife.

Call 847-968-3321 to reserve this program.

Forest Preserve Ranger Police Officers will talk about ice safety and what to do if someone falls in. We'll meet at a preserve near you or come to your school. Call 847-968-3433 or email mikeanderson@LCFPD.org to book this program.

An Environmental Educator will make an introductory visit to your school, and then we’ll set out to a nearby Forest Preserve for three visits that include environmental education, restoration and free exploration.

The program includes seasonal stewardship activities such as seed collecting, brush cutting and planting. Students use equipment such as field guides, binoculars, and hand lenses to observe nature and identify native and invasive species.

Explore, observe and study the diversity of life in a natural area. Through two to three visits to a forest preserve, students observe, restore and learn to identify native and invasive species.

The program includes seasonal stewardship activities such as seed collecting, brush cutting and planting. Students use equipment such as field guides, GPS units, binoculars, hand lenses and microscopes to observe nature, collect data, and identify native and invasive species.

Call 847-968-3321 to reserve this program.