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  • Volunteer Workday – Sweeney Woods

    ParkLands Sweeney Woods Preserve Google Maps: M3G5+W8, Lexington, IL

    Help fight back against woody brush invading the biodiversity of Sweeney Woods!  Involves some physical activity navigating unlevel ground, using loppers/handsaws, and handheld herbicide sprayers.  Please bring water, work gloves, sturdy

  • Volunteer Workday – Merwin Preserve

    ParkLands Merwin Preserve NORTH gate M496+HG, Lexington, IL

    Help fight back against invasive woody brush such as bush honeysuckle and autumn olive from our community's most beloved preserve.  Involves some physical activity navigating unlevel ground, using loppers/handsaws, and

  • Tale of Two Prairies

    ParkLands Letcher Basin Land & Water Reserve JRWR+VG, Secor, IL

    Two different prairies, two different ecosystems, one story of conservation.  Join us for a morning comparing two high-quality examples of Illinois' most famous landscape; prairie. Guided hikes will start at

  • River Event

    ParkLands Hayes Woods Preserve MR5H+4H, Secor

    In follow up to last year's popular mussel event, we will again explore the river for a hands-on learning opportunity about the Mackinaw River's amazing aquatic diversity at ParkLands' Hayes

  • Volunteer Workday – North Chinquapin Bluffs prairie

    ParkLands Chinquapin Bluffs northwest gate

    Help keep the invasive plant Lespedeza cuneata from further invading our prairie restoration.  This workday, led by Volunteer Stewards Frank Sanders and Suzie Rogers, will involve physical activity navigating unlevel

  • Annual Meeting of the Members

    ParkLands Sweeney Woods Preserve Google Maps: M3G5+W8, Lexington, IL

                        Join us for our 55th annual Meeting of the Members at Sweeney Woods Preserve. Register here!   Agenda:  10:30am Optional

  • Volunteer Workday – Letcher Basin

    ParkLands Letcher Basin Land & Water Reserve JRWR+VG, Secor, IL

    Help protect the biodiversity of one of central Illinois' best prairie restorations! We will removing invasive teasel before it goes to seed.  Involves some physical activity navigating unlevel ground and

  • Rescheduled – Night Under the Stars Astronomy Event

    ParkLands Letcher Basin Land & Water Reserve JRWR+VG, Secor, IL

    Please note the date has changed due to weather.  The event has been rescheduled to Friday October 1st at 7pm. Thank you!   Experience the stars, moon, planets over the prairie

  • Indigenous Culture in the Mackinaw River Valley with Dr. Michael Wiant

    ParkLands Chinquapin JVXH+C9, Carlock, IL

    A Mackinaw Cache blade and a collection of artifacts from the Mackinaw River ParkLands welcomes renowned archeologist, anthropologist, and historian Dr. Michael Wiant to Chinquapin Bluffs on Saturday, October 9th. 

  • Volunteer Workday – south Chinquapin Bluffs

    ParkLands Chinquapin JVXH+C9, Carlock, IL

    Help volunteer Mary Jo Adams establish a new trail on the south section of Chinquapin Bluffs by removing brush along the trail. Involves some physical activity navigating uneven ground, using

  • Volunteer Workday – south Chinquapin Bluffs

    ParkLands Chinquapin JVXH+C9, Carlock, IL

    Help keep the invasive plant Lespedeza cuneata from further invading our prairie restoration.  This workday, led by Volunteer Steward Mary Jo Adams, will involve physical activity navigating unlevel ground, and

  • Volunteer Workday – Cayuga Ridge Seed Collection

    Meet at McDonalds in Chenoa 504 Hoselton Dr,, Chenoa, IL

      Collect seeds from a tallgrass prairie remnant!  We will meet at the McDonald's in Chenoa before caravanning to Cayuga Ridge, which is just north of Pontiac.  Please bring water,