Calumet
Stewardship Initiative
(Friends of Dan Ryan Woods, Beaubien Woods
Stewards, Powderhorn Prairie Volunteers, and more)
We work at a number prairies, woodlands, and wetlands in the Calumet
Region on Chicago's south side and in the south suburbs. Calumet
volunteers have an especially difficult challenge in restoring
extremely high quality sites in the midst of an industrial landscape.
We bring together students from local schools, bike clubs, and
adult volunteers to care for these precious sites, home to native
Illinois flora and fauna.
No experience necessary! Most of us are lay people learning as
we go. So please come out and join us at one of our sites.
Directions
Beaubien Woods Volunteers
Join us on the first Saturday of every month from 9 am
to noon at prairies at Beaubien Woods. From the Bishop Ford
take the Beaubien Woods Exit (just south of 130th St.) and turn
right to the preserve. Contact:
312-665-7443
Dan Ryan Woods
Join us every second Saturday of each month for our monthly
stewardship event on Chicago’s southwest side. Help remove
invasive alien plants, collect seeds, and cleanup the preserve
so native flora and fauna can thrive. Meet at the parking lot
on the north side of 87th St. two blocks east of S. Western
Avenue at 9 am. Contact:
Benjamin Cox at 773-398-1178 or benjamin@fotfp.org
Powderhorn Prairie
Join neighborhood volunteers for ecological stewardship days
on the third Saturday of each month. Help remove brush and restore
our Illinois ecosystem so native plants and animals can thrive.
Contact: Alice Brandon
at 312-286-6937 or alice@fotfp.org
Eggers Woods
Join neighborhood volunteers for cleanups and garlic mustard
pulls at this woodland. Contact:
John Pastirick at 773-991-0613
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