DeKalb County, Illinois

                            

DeKalb County Forest Preserve
Volunteer Activities

 

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Kishwaukee River Clean-Up

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Prairie Management

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Tree Planting

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Litter Clean-up

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Land Steward Program

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Volunteer Days

  • Sycamore Lions Club

    Annual Great Western Trail Clean-up

    Saturday, April 26
    8:00 a.m. - noon

    Meet at Great Western Trail (west end) at Rt. 64 and Airport Rd. (east of Doty Concrete Products)

     1 mile east of Sycamore

Kishwaukee Kiwanis Earth Day Event

Annual DeKalb/Sycamore Trail/County Farm Woods Clean-up

Saturday, April 19, 2008

8:00 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Meet along trail behind the movie theaters by Wal-Mart in DeKalb

 

Afton Preserve Earth Day Tree Planting

Crego Road, 1 1/2 miles south of Perry Road-DeKalb, IL

Saturday April 26th, 9 a.m. to Noon

Meet in middle parking lot, bring shovel and waterproof boots, we will be planting wetland trees and shrubs

Upcoming events......

Prairie/wetland seed collecting in July, August and September

Tree planting

Trail work

Invasive species removal

The Forest Preserve District has a "Volunteer Land Steward Program"  to assist in forest, prairie and wetland management and restoration work. For more information call 815-895-7191 or email Terry Hannan at thannan@dekalbcounty.org  

 

For information about these volunteer opportunities or the DeKalb County Forest Preserve District call 815-895-7191 or www.dekalbcounty.org

Thank You

Thank you for the many volunteers who have helped the DeKalb County Forest Preserves become wonderful places to visit. Tree, prairie and wetland plantings, seed collection, litter clean-up, trail improvements are some of the volunteer projects that have improved your County forest preserves. Questions? Call (815)895-7191
 

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