Volunteers turn a thicket of buckthorn into a manageable-sized brushpile.
Our enemy--the garlic mustard gang! When garlic mustard takes over, nothing else can grow.
In the winter we scatter seeds of native wildflowers and grasses to give them a head start on spring.
Dutchman’s breeches--a beautiful spring wildflower
The May apple depends on an open woodland habitat to thrive.
Volunteers conduct a prescribed burn in a Cook County prairie. Fire is a vital part of the Midwest ecosystem, renewing native plants and reducing competition from alien invaders.