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Spring 2000

The Chicago Wilderness Plan is for a great future for nature and people. [Back to the plan.]

Photo: volunteers planting grasses

Volunteers, legislators, scientists, and the media all have roles in this bold new plan to restore nature. Photo by Kim Karpeles/Life Through the Lens.


 

Goals of the
Chicago Wilderness Plan

For the Biodiversity Recovery Plan to be successful, it must lead to the accomplishment of the following goals:

1. Foster a sustainable relationship between society and nature in the region.

2. Involve the citizens, organizations and agencies of the region in biodiversity conservation efforts.

3. Strengthen the scientific basis of ecological management.

4. Protect globally and regionally important natural communities.

5. Restore natural communities to ecological health.

6. Manage natural communities to sustain native biodiversity.

7. Develop citizen awareness and understanding of local biodiversity to ensure support and participation.

8. Enrich the quality of the lives of the region's citizens.

 


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