Join LWV Cook County for a walk in Deer Grove East Forest Preserve to learn about this relatively new field of science and how it has been applied to 180 acres of former farmland, dried up wetlands and unmanaged savannas and woodlands.

A Cook County Forest Preserve Steward involved with the volunteer group from the beginning of the project will share how the different facets of restoration ecology have been successfully applied to transform this acreage. The quality of some parts of the preserve are high enough to have been enrolled in the Illinois Nature Preserve System.

The walk is approximately three miles. The trails are paved, gravel and some dirt but nothing very strenuous. At most, they may be uneven/ruts on some of the dirt trail due to some erosion. We will meet at the far west end of the main parking lot off Dundee Rd.

Attendance is limited to 25 people. Registration is required—email info@lwvcookcounty.org to sign up.