Rustling leaves, shimmering seas of grass, a cool rush of water over rock, birds and waterfowl calling, a rainbow of wildflowers, a scamper of anim...
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Our MissionWe connect people in cities to nature and each other.Our VisionOur vision is to inspire generations to build environmental curiosity, un...
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Our Washington Park location was opened in 2007 to serve more neighborhood schools with our acclaimed Neighborhood Environmental Education Project....
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Our mission is to be a guiding example of restoration by returning an urban/suburban area to pre-settlement conditions and establishing an environm...
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Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is an oasis of natural beauty and habitat located on the shores of Lake Michigan – just 15 minutes from downtow...
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Once designated to be a jet fighter base, Richard Bong State Recreation Area is fittingly named after Major Richard I. Bong, a Poplar, WI nati...
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Our Vision
The silence of a tranquil, snowy wood, punctuated only by the swish of gliding skis, the delighted squeal of school children imagining ...
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In 1935, Ruth Teuscher purchased 40 acres of land in the Town of Somers in northern Kenosha County. Inspired by a grove of native hawthorn trees gr...
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MissionPringle Nature Center is a regional resource where people of all ages can experience nature, environmental education, conservation and stewa...
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The Mission
Inspire, inform and enable responsible environmental decision-making and sustainable practices by:
Providing leadership in educatio...
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Route 31 and Harts Road in Glacial Park,
Ringwood, IL
The Lost Valley Visitor Center opened to the public in August 2010. This 28,450 square foot facility will host a number of environmental education ...
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Come in and check us out! The Prairie Grass Nature Museum and Interpretive Nature Trail lets everyone explore and discover in a hands-on, interacti...
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About Us:
Volo Bog was first documented by W.G. Waterman in 1921. It was originally named the Sayer Bog, after the land's owner, dairy farmer Geor...
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The first and largest unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest offers year-round recreation among world-famous glacial landforms. Visitors can swim ...
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It is the mission of the Crystal Lake Park District Nature Center to improve the quality of life for the community by providing nature recreation, ...
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The Wildlife Discovery Center (WDC) is a living natural history museum and one of the region’s unique hidden gems. It is a place of learning ...
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Horicon National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1941 to provide an undisturbed sanctuary for a number of migratory birds and waterfowl includin...
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Mellody Farm Nature Preserve:
In 1994, Lake Forest Open Lands partnered with a local developer to save 50 acres of a 76-acre site in the Middlefor...
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With surrounding Lake County in a state of vast development, it was Kildeer’s intent to provide its residents with a refuge where people coul...
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