Volunteer with the main Forest Preserves of Cook County organization

• https://fpdcc.com/volunteer/
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  • Volunteer Resources & Forms
  • Volunteer partners
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• GivePulse

Volunteer programs

• Ecological stewardship   [💓]
  • Thatcher Woods
  • Trailside Museum
  • Palos Preserves — Cap Sauers Holdings, Hidden Pond Woods, Little Red Schoolhouse, Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, Swallow Cliff, Willow Springs Woods
• Litter cleanups   [💓]
• Trail watch   [💓]
• Tree trimming love & care (Tree TLC)   [💓]
  • sign up for events
• Off-leash dog area caretaker   [💓]
• Nature ambassador   [💓]
• Nature centers and recreation   [💓]

Volunteer programs > Community science   [💓]

• BeeSpotter, through the University of Illinois   [💓]
• Bird Conservation Network (BCN)
• Friends of the Chicago River > Wildlife Monitors
• Singing Insects Monitoring Program

Through the Chicago Botanic Garden:

• BudBurst — Plants and pollinators   [💓]
• Plants of Concern

Through the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum:

• Calling Frog Survey
• Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network
• Illinois Odonate Survey — Dragonflies and damselflies.