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“The Forest Preserve District has more volunteers than paid staff, so they are a major support for the district to be able to have all these open spaces and to educate about these open spaces ...
Trail volunteers biking in Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties, can nail all three. Forest preserve volunteers — hikers, bikers and equestrians — have helped maintain natural areas as part ...
NPCA is partnering with the Albuquerque Wildlife Federation and Rio Grande Return to bring volunteers out to the Preserve for ...
Volunteer Paula Dresden, preserve steward, leads a guided hike at the Arcadia Dunes: C.S. Mott Nature Preserve on Wednesday, ...
Bruce Kulik, a volunteer with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award by the Serve Illinois Commission on ...
“As Willy, you’ll be an ambassador for the Forest Preserve District and a positive role model for environmental stewardship,” Emily Kenny, the district’s volunteer service ...
Kim Shehorn of Frankfort has been named the Volunteer of the Year by the Forest Preserve District of Will County. "It's an awesome feeling being recognized for doing something that you love ...
Sally Wieclaw of New Lenox has been named 2023 Volunteer of the Year by the Forest Preserve District of Will County. She has served as a steward at Messenger Woods Nature Preserve, a butterfly ...