Sat, February 8, 9am – 12pm Paw Paw Woods Sun, February 9, 9am – 12pm Hidden Pond Woods restorepalos.com for details

Come Join Us This Weekend… Feb 15, 2020 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Cap Sauers Moraines Meet at driveway of old FP watchman's house, on Ford Road, 0.8 miles north and west from intersection of Wolf Road and McCarthy Road.

Get some fresh air and exercise this weekend... Saturday February 15, Cap Sauers Moraines, 9 a.m. - noon Monday February 17, Spears Woods, 9 a.m. - noon Details at RestorePalos.com/Schedule

Join us for a fun day of habitat restoration ... Sat, February 29, 9am – 12pm Paw Paw Woods Sun, March 1, 9am – 12pm Black Partridge Woods Sun, March 1, 1pm – 4pm Cap Sauers Holding

Come Join Us ... Saturday February 29, Paw Paw Woods, 9 a.m. - noon Sunday March 1, Black Partridge Woods, 9 a.m. - noon Sunday March 1, Cap Sauers Holding, 1 - 4 p.m. Sunday March 8 - Palos Spring Potluck at Sagawau, 1 - 3:30 p.m.

Join us for a day of restoration or celebration... Sat, March 7, 9 a.m. - noon Spears Woods Sun, March 8, 9am – 12pm Hidden Pond Woods Sunday March 8 - 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Palos Spring Potluck Details at restorepalos.com/schedule.html

Brooke Thurau [email protected] Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 10:55 AM The Wetlands Initiative is hiring a restoration ecologist and project supervisor for the 1,900-acre Glacial Plain Prairie restoration project at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (Midewin) in Will County, IL.

Reminder .. Come join us for restoration and celebration... Saturday March 7, Spears Woods, 9 a.m. - noon Sunday March 8 Hidden Pond Woods, 9 a.m. - noon Sunday March 8 - Palos Spring Potluck at Sagawau, 1 - 3:30 p.m. Spring weather for our Spring party! Who woulda thought?

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19): Events, Locations & Precautions - Forest Preserves of Cook County fpdcc.com/coronavirus-di…

Small brown frogs like this Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet (Crinia parinsignifera) are often much easier to hear 👂 than see 👀. Recording frog calls with #FrogID is helping us better understand these species. Please keep sending them in! 💚🐸 #citizenscience #wildoz

Swallow Cliff is closed to the public from March 19 through May 11 due to concerns about the size of crowds using the stairs for exercise.

Many other Forest Preserves sites remain open for outdoor exercise and access to nature. We always recommend checking the COVID-19 page (fpdcc.com/coronavirus-di…), our closures page (fpdcc.com/places/closure…), or the page of the location or trail you want to visit.

When taking a walk in the Forest Preserves remember to practice social distancing. It keeps you and our communities safe. See the Forest Preserves web map to explore nearby trails: map.fpdcc.com. It will also indicate if a trail is closed. Cook County Department of Public Health Cook County Health

Sign up for Cook County COVID-19 text alerts. Text AlertCook to 888-777 on your mobile device to opt-in and receive the latest COVID-19 alerts and information from the new AlertCook Cook County public health and safety messaging service.

Residents can get the latest #COVID19 updates by calling 708-633-3319 or emailing [email protected]. Residents can also sign up to receive text updates by texting AlertCook (one word) to 888-777.

Unfortunately, the Brookfield Zoo Chicago has just announced that ALL facilities will be closed to the public through April 30. For more, please visit czs.org/HealthUpdateBl…. #fotfp #StayWell

Have you heard the remastered version of ‘In The Raining’ by Dr. Dave on #SoundCloud? #np soundcloud.com/user-342651519…

No workdays this coming weekend. Here is a video about pollinators. youtu.be/xHkq1edcbk4

Cook County Forest Preserve Closures... fpdcc.com/places/closure…