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Tag: Palos

palos workday

With assist from REI, volunteers help keep Palos trail ready for bikers

April 10, 2020April 16, 2020 by Cassandra West Comment is Closed

Volunteers remove invasive brush during a stewardship workday at Camp Bullfrog Lake. David Ventre, an avid mountain biker who lives on the North Side of Chicago, loves cycling through the Palos trails. Winding through rolling hills and deep ravines, the extensive Palos Trail Systems in south Cook County, offer beautiful views of the Forest Preserves. […]

Forest Preserve volunteers give —and recieve

December 19, 2016June 19, 2017 by Cassandra West Comment is Closed

     An appreciation for nature led Margaret Tobin of Palos Hills to volunteer in the forest preserves. For Dennis Kankowske, it was “seeing people working in the woods.” After he inquired and found out what they were doing, he was hooked. Tobin and Kankowske are two of the preserves’ top volunteers, amassing hundreds of […]

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