Preserves and wild places we have profiled in other issues, with narratives, trail maps, and directions. For alphabetical list, see pull-down menu at bottom of this page and all profile pages.

Multi-County Trails & Experiences

Birding for Beginners [Spring 2006]

The Calumet Region [Spring 2009]

Christmas Bird Count [Winter 2005]

Fermilab Prairie (DuPage and Kane Counties) [Fall 2008]

Grand Illinois Trail (Northern Illinois) [Summer 2003]

Illinois Prairie Path (Kane, DuPage, and Cook Counties) [Fall 2005]

Paddling the Des Plaines River (Lake, Cook, and Will Counties) [Summer 2000]

Old Plank Road Trail (Cook and Will Counties) [Spring 2000]

Berrien County, Michigan

Warren Woods State Park [Spring 2008]

Cook County, Illinois

Baker's Lake Nature Preserve [Spring 2000]

Bartel Grassland [Winter 2007]

Bemis Woods (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]

Birding & Brunch on the Lake [Spring 2007]

Black Partridge Forest Preserve [Fall 1999]

Bluff Spring Fen Nature Preserve

Brownell Woods [Spring 2004]

Bunker Hill Forest Preserve [Spring 2001]

Busse Forest Nature Preserve [Spring 1999]

Busse Lake [Summer 2007]

Cap Sauers Holdings [Winter 1998]

Cap Sauers Holdings [Spring 2008]

Camp Sagawau [Fall 1997]

Camp Sagawau (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]

Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve [Summer 1999]

Deer Grove [Winter 1999]

Deer Grove (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]

Elgin, Ill. Area (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2004]

The Grove National Historic Landmark (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2002]

Harms Woods [Spring 2005]

Hidden Pond Woods & Prairie [Summer 2004]

Indian Boundary Prairies [Summer 1998]

Indian Boundary Prairies [Fall 2008]

Kloempken Prairie [Summer 2006]

Little Red Schoolhouse [Summer 2007]

The Magic Hedge [Spring 1998]

Mary Mix McDonald Woods [Summer 1999]

McClaughry Springs Woods [Winter 2009]

North Branch Trail [Fall 2005]

North Park Village Nature Center [Fall 2006]

Paddock Woods [Spring 2006]

Palos/Sag/Swallow Cliff Woods (Cross Country Skiing) [Winter 2000]

Palos & Sag Valley Trails (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2005]

Paul Douglas Forest Preserve [Summer 2004]

Poplar Creek [Summer 1998]

Powderhorn Marsh & Prairie [Summer 1998]

Powderhorn Prairie [Fall 2007]

Thatcher Woods [Spring 2005]

Theodore Stone Preserve [Summer 2003]

Sand Ridge Nature Center (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2003]

Santa Fe Prairie [Summer 2001]

Saulk Trail Woods (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2006]

Skokie Lagoons [Summer 2008]

Somme Prairie Grove [Summer 2005]

Spears Woods Forest Preserve [Fall 2002]

Spring Creek Valley Forest Preserve [Fall 2002]

Wampum Lake Woods Forest Preserve [Winter 2003]

Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve [Spring 2004]

Zanders Woods [Fall 1998]

DuPage County, Illinois

Belmont Prairie Nature Preserve [Summer 2000]

Blackwell Forest Preserve [Winter 2005]

Blackwell Forest Preserve [Fall 1999]

Churchill Woods Forest Preserve [Summer 2003]

Danada Forest Preserve [Winter 1999]

Egermann Woods Forest Preserve [Winter 2003]

Fullersburg Woods [Winter 2001]

Greene Valley Forest Preserve [Fall 1998]

Herrick Lake Forest Preserve [Winter 2000]

Lincoln Marsh Natural Area [Spring 2004]

Lyman Woods Forest Preserve (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2002]

Maple Grove Forest Preserve [Spring 2002]

Meacham Grove Forest Preserve [Fall 2001]

Morton Arboretum (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2004]

Pratt's Wayne Woods [Winter 1998]

2 Pratt's Wayne Woods [Spring 2007]

Songbird Slough Forest Preserve [Spring 2008]

Springbrook Prairie [Summer 2001]

Timber Ridge Forest Preserve [Winter 2006]

Waterfall Glen [Fall 1997]

Waterfall Glen [Summer 2005]

Wayne Grove Forest Preserve [Spring 2003]

West Chicago Prairie [Summer 1998]

West Chicago Prairie [Spring 2009]

West DuPage Woods [Winter 2001]

Winfield Mounds [Winter 2009]

Wood Dale Grove Forest Preserve [Winter 2004]

Grundy County, Illinois

Goose Lake Prairie [Spring 1999]

Goose Lake Prairie (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2007]

Kane County, Illinois

Big Rock Forest Preserve [Summer 2003]

Bliss Woods (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2001]

Burnidge Forest Preserve [Winter 2000]

Burnidge Forest Preserve [Winter 2006]

Campton Forest Preserve [Winter 2003]

Campton Hills Park [Winter 2001]

Elgin, Ill. Area (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2004]

Ferson Creek Fen [Summer 1999]

Fox River Trail [Fall 2007]

Freeman Kame-Ed Meagher Forest Preserve [Winter 2004]

Helm Woods Forest Preserve [Fall 2002]

Johnson's Mound [Fall 1999]

Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve [Winter 2009]

Leroy Oakes Forest Preserve [Spring 2002]

Maramech Woods [Spring 2009]

Nelson Lake Marsh [Fall 1997]

Norris Woods [Spring 1999]

Tekakwitha Woods [Spring 2008]

Waubonsee Community College [Spring 2007]

Kendall County, Illinois

Harris Forest Preserve [Winter 2002]

Richard Young & Lyon Forest Preserves [Spring 2003]

Silver Springs State Fish & Wildlife Area (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2007]

Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Chiwaukee Prairie [Summer 2002]

Des Plaines River Floodplain [Summer 2004]

Pringle Nature Center [Winter 2002]

Richard Bong State Recreation Area (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2009]

Lake County, Illinois

Almond Marsh [Spring 2006]

Berkeley Prairie [Spring 2009]

Chain O'Lakes State Park [Fall 1999]

Cressmoor Prairie (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2001]

Cuba Marsh Forest Preserve [Spring 1998]

Des Plaines River Trail [Fall 1997]

Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve [Summer 2006]

Grant Woods Forest Preserve [Winter 2002]

Grassy Lake Forest Preserve (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2004]

Grigsby Prairie [Summer 2000]

Half Day & Wright Woods Forest Preserves [Fall 2000]

Heller Nature Center [Spring 2000]

Heller Nature Center [Winter 2006]

Illinois Beach State Park [Winter 1998]

Illinois Beach State Park, North Unit [Summer 2002]

Lakewood Forest Preserve [Winter 2000]

Liberty Prairie Reserve (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2001]

Lyons Prairie & Marsh [Summer 2002]

Lyons Woods Forest Preserves [Winter 2001]

McDonald Woods Forest Preserve (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2003]

Old School Forest Preserve [Fall 1999]

Prairie Wolf Slough [Winter 2005]

Raven Glen Forest Preserve [Fall 2008]

Reed-Turner Woodland [Summer 2005]

Rollins Savanna [Fall 2004]

Ryerson Conservation Area [Spring 2002]

Spring Bluff Nature Preserve [Summer 2000]

Spring Bluff Nature Preserve [Fall 2007]

Skokie River Nature Preserve [Spring 2005]

Sun Lake Forest Preserve [Winter 2007]

Van Patten Woods [Winter 1999]

Volo Bog [Summer 1999]

LaSalle County, Illinois

Lower Fox River (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2008]

Lake County, Indiana

Cressmoor Prairie (Weekend Explorer) [Fall 2001]

Deep River County Park [Winter 2003]

Gibson Woods Nature Preserve [Spring 2002]

Hammond Lakefront Park Bird Sanctuary [Fall 2007]

Hoosier Prairie Nature Preserve [Spring 1998]

Hoosier Prairie State Nature Preserve [Spring 2000]

Heron Rookery, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore [Spring 2001]

Ivanhoe Dune & Swale [Fall 2004]

Miller Woods [Fall 2000]

LaPorte County, Indiana

Bluhm County Park [Spring 2007]

McHenry County, Illinois

Cary Sands Main Street Prairie [Fall 2000]

Chain O'Lakes State Park [Fall 1999]

Coral Woods Conservation Area [Spring 2003]

Elizabeth Lake Nature Preserve [Spring 1999]

Fel-Pro RRR [Winter 2004]

Fox River Trail [Fall 2007]

Glacial Park [Fall 1997]

Glacial Park [Winter 2001]

Glacial Park [Fall 2004]

Lake in the Hills Fen [Fall 1998]

Marengo Ridge (Weekend Explorer) [Winter 2002]

Moraine Hills State Park [Winter 1998]

Moraine Hills Trails [Fall 2005]

Nippersink Creek (Weekend Explorer) [Spring 2005]

Nippersink North Branch Preserve [Summer 2008]

Rush Creek Conservation Area (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2007]

Pleasant Valley Conservation Area [Winter 2007]

Silver Creek Conservation Area [Fall 2001]

Sterne's Woods and Fen [Fall 2002]

Wingate Prairie [Fall 2001]

Newton County, Illinois

Kankakee Sands (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2005]

Porter County, Indiana

Calumet Trail [Fall 2005]

Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve [Spring 2006]

Cowles Bog [Fall 1998]

Indiana Dunes State Park [Winter 1999]

Indiana Dunes (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2004]

Will County, Illinois

Braidwood Dunes and Savanna [Summer 1999]

Goodenow Grove Forest Preserve [Winter 1999]

Grant Creek Prairie Nature Preserve [Spring 2000]

Hickory Creek [Fall 2000]

Hickory Creek Barrens (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2002]

Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve [Summer 2000]

Lake Renwick Heron Rookery [Spring 1998]

Lockport Prairie [Summer 1998]

Lockport Prairie (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2006]

McKinley Woods [Summer 2001]

Messenger Woods [Fall 1997]

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie (Weekend Explorer) [Summer 2008]

O'Hara Woods [Spring 2000]

Pilcher Park [Spring 2003]

Raccoon Grove Forest Preserve [Winter 2002]

Rock Run Preserve [Summer 2003]

Thorn Creek Woods [Fall 2000]