Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

Starting native plants from seed can be tricky until you know the tricks to sparking germination. Discover what it means to stratify and scarify seeds and which species need which treatment.

Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

The story of Native peoples in the area stretches back 12,000 years and continues today. Learn about their lives, including the Potawatomi, on this guided tour of the Dunn Museum's exhibit.

Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

Grab some work gloves, help restore the environment, and get a behind-the-scenes look at your preserves!

The story of Native peoples in the area stretches back 12,000 years and continues today. Learn more about this history and the lives of the Potawatomi with other scouts.

Discover how stewardship can make nature healthier. Learn why restoration is needed in our forest preserves. Then head out to a patch of buckthorn and learn how to remove this non-native invasive plant species using hand tools. You will see how you can personally make a difference in the health of an ecosystem.

Join us for an author reading and signing with James Ciccone for his new book, The Lake County Trilogy. Ciccone's ancestor was the brother of Amos Bennett, Lake County's first African American settler. His historical fiction short story collection captures the hidden realities of the lives of early settlers of Lake County, Illinois with particular emphasis on Amos Bennett.