About Nature Conservation

The Forest Preserve Enabling Act of 1913, charged the district to “... restore, restock, protect and preserve... said lands together with their flora and fauna... for the education, pleasure, and recreation of the public.” The Conservation Department fulfills that mission through educational and management activities, including a wide variety of educational programs through its Nature Centers and Environmental Education Center, oversees vegetation management and restoration, operates recreational fisheries and wildlife management programs, operates a wildlife rehabilitation center, and provides resources for schools, volunteers, community groups and many others.

The following pages offer more information regarding Nature Conservation...

• Building Biodiversity, The Restoration of Swallow Cliff Woods
  
  
• Collecting or Picking Plants or Flowers Is Illegal
  
  
• Cook County’s Least Wanted, Invasive Non-Native Plants in the FPDCC
  
  
• Lyme Disease
  
  
• Threatened & Endangered Animals & Plants in the FPDCC
  
  
• WANTED, The Asian Long-horned Beetle Poses a Threat to Trees In Your Forest Preserves
  
  
• What Should Be Done With Young Wildlife?