Chicago Wilderness Welcomes Six New Members

Six organizations joined the Chicago Wilderness consortium in July, bringing the total membership to 178. For a complete list, see Chicago Wilderness Members.

The Village of Schaumburg in northwest Cook County has developed its own biodiversity recovery plan (see our article, "The Greening of Sarah's Grove").

The all-volunteer Indian Creek Watershed Project is a nonprofit dedicated to restoring wetlands and improving water quality.

The Lake Katherine Nature Preserve is a reclamation site-turned-environmental education center and nature preserve along the Calumet-Sag Channel in southwestern Cook County.

The McHenry County Defenders have worked tirelessly to make the watershed development ordinance a reality for McHenry County.

The volunteers of the Village of Hoffman Estates Environmental Commission strive to promote biodiversity in their community.

The City of Park Ridge has been a strong supporter of maintaining the integrity of our regional landscape.