Saving the Planet--
One Acre at a Time!

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.

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