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Friends of the Forest Preserves
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Friends of the Forest Preserves unites people to protect, promote, and care for the forest preserves in Cook County. Founded in 1998 by a group of concerned citizens, Friends now boasts thousands of committed volunteers and members. We concentrate our efforts on three main domains: advocacy, restoration, and youth involvement. As an independent nonprofit organization, we work tirelessly to safeguard the forest preserves for you and generations to come.
7th Annual Beer in the Woods
Our annual fundraiser, held each September at LaBagh Woods in Chicago, brought together 1,400 people to celebrate nature, community, and beer! Take a peek and see what all the buzz is about. The 8th Annual Beer in the Woods will take place Saturday, September 21, 2024. Visit fotfp.org/events-calendar for more information.
Special thanks to Greg Carroll for creating this video.
Special thanks to Greg Carroll for creating this video.
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Ebony thanks you for donating
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The Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the survi...
A friendly reminder to donate, from Ebony
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The 2023 Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the ...
A friendly reminder to donate, from Josh
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The 2023 Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the ...
A friendly reminder to donate, from Jeremy
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The 2023 Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the ...
A friendly reminder to donate, from Martika
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The 2023 Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the ...
Josh thanks you for donating!
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The Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the survi...
Jeremy thanks you for donating!
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The Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the survi...
Martika thanks you for donating!
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The Conservation Corps Fundraiser supports work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Adult crews work year-round to increase biodiversity and improve the health of our local woods, prairies, and wetlands. They remove invasive species and plant native seeds to restore the land for plants, animals, and people. Using proven methods, the conservation corps is helping to ensure the survi...
2023 Conservation Corps Fundraiser: Increasing biodiversity for healthy ecosystems
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Help the Friends community raise $72,000 to support work at Little Red Schoolhouse and Forest Glen Woods. Our Conservation Corps crews are out in the forest preserves in every season, increasing biodiversity and bringing health to the prairies, woodlands, and waterways we all love. Please help support this work with a generous donation today. Visit fotfp.org. Thank you! Video production credit:...
6th Annual Beer in the Woods
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In 2022 Beer in the Woods brought together nearly 1,400 people at LaBagh Woods in Chicago. This one-of-a-kind fundraiser supports Friends of the Forest Preserves and our community working hard to protect, promote, and care for the forest preserves in Cook County, Illinois. Beer in the Woods is a celebration of nature, community, and, of course, beer! Follow us on Facebook (@forestpreserves) or ...
2022 Conservation Corps Fundraiser: Building Careers in Conservation
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2022 Conservation Corps Fundraiser: Building Careers in Conservation
2022 Conservation Corps Fundraiser: Building Careers in Conservation
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2022 Conservation Corps Fundraiser: Building Careers in Conservation
The Preserves in Pixels: A virtual photo exhibit and panel discussion (2022)
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The Preserves in Pixels: A virtual photo exhibit and panel discussion (2022)
Birding at Whistler Woods: Gateway to Conservation
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Birding at Whistler Woods: Gateway to Conservation
Take Action on Climate Change in the Forest Preserves: A presentation and panel discussion
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Take Action on Climate Change in the Forest Preserves: A presentation and panel discussion
Yoga with Rebel Human at Temperance Beer Co.
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Yoga with Rebel Human at Temperance Beer Co.
Meet and Greet the Animals with Frog Lady Presentations
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Meet and Greet the Animals with Frog Lady Presentations
Virtual Tasting and Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Old Irving Brewing Co.
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Virtual Tasting and Behind-the-Scenes Tour with Old Irving Brewing Co.
Virtual Tasting with Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
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Virtual Tasting with Maplewood Brewery & Distillery
Help restore the forest preserves for you and future generations!
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Help restore the forest preserves for you and future generations!
Thank you for believing in conservation!
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Thank you for believing in conservation!
Thank you for supporting the Conservation Corps crews!
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Thank you for supporting the Conservation Corps crews!
Please donate today! Your local forest preserves will thank you.
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Please donate today! Your local forest preserves will thank you.
Your support is vital to this collaboration - please donate today!
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Your support is vital to this collaboration - please donate today!
2021 Conservation Corps fundraiser: Be part of the solution, join our collaboration
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2021 Conservation Corps fundraiser: Be part of the solution, join our collaboration
The Hidden Life of the Forest Preserves: A Dazzling Diversity of Insects
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The Hidden Life of the Forest Preserves: A Dazzling Diversity of Insects
The Hidden Life of the Forest Preserves: Wonderful World of Seeds
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The Hidden Life of the Forest Preserves: Wonderful World of Seeds
THANK YOU! i've always had difficulty IDing reed canary grass by its seed head and leaves, but the collar trick is perfect!! thinking back on it, it didnt help that my first introduction to this plant was done by someone who couldn't ID it themselves.
The preserves are one of Cook Counties' greatest assets, and I applaud and support the work you're doing.
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Good God I've just purchased a plant from my local nursery. Very disappointed to say the least. Need to keep an eye on my plant and advise the nursery to dispose of any other plants in stock.
Are you guys serious ?
Stop it.
Reed canary grass contains Dimethyltryptamine.
Thank-you for this well paced and thorough explanation about Canary Reed grass and look-likes. I especially appreciate the comparisons to native grass and the other grass. I have struggled in the past and hope this year identifying Canary Reed grass will be easier.
Much easier to use this stuff for DMT extraction, cell walls break down much easier them mimosa hostilis , and it's free, grows everywhere, mind you you need alot more of it in weight the MHRB but with that being harder and harder to get it's just as good if not better as it's readily available everywhere in Canada and USA
Have you already had success with it, I've only had failures so far
It’s not invasive unless you were taught to believe it is. Ruminant animals love it and it also captures a lot of carbon as well as protects the soil from erosion and sun damage. We are the invasive species with our tiling and herbicides thinking we no better instead of listening to what nature is trying to tell us.
I would guess its in the steam
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Also, I have never seen any of you at the George Dunn Forest Preserve where I walk and pick up litter galore.
If you didn't call this beer in the woods I might participate. I am a totterer
Did anyone have a successful attempt of extraction
grows everywhere around the united states and canada
I don’t really understand why you guys keep cutting all the bushes and destroy the habitat for so many birds and other animals. You are clearing the forest just to make it look “beautiful”? I don’t see any ecological principles used by you and our taxes wasted. Maybe all these volunteers, instead of cutting down all those nice bushes can clean all the trash all over the forest? I’m so sad that our taxes go to waste. I hope more people are aware of what’s happening on the forest preserves and what you guys are doing is completely wrong.
Loved this video. Well done!
That is a great plant i.d. As a native plant specialist you did an excellent job of showing the difference in meadow and wetland grasses and invasive species. I am close to DanRyan and see it here also along with Phragmites it is so prevasive it is hard to control . I have not been to kikapoo in a while so its nice to see it .but not the canary grass.My specialty is forbs and grasses not so much woodies but prairie restoration and i look for and identify endangered plants it is more of a passion than a carreer for me as i am retired.
The Biblical day of worship is Saturday not Sunday. Saturday is the seventh day.
Love the new development of the calumet region. Especially Sand ridge Nature Center and the new pollinator garden at green lake.
You already we are all here! Ahhaa
Thank you for the wonderful work you do!
Tickets for the 5th Annual Beer in the Woods are on sale at bit.ly/BITW21. Join us on Saturday, September 25 at LaBagh Woods or online for our virtual program September 20-24.
i love how you can tell that shes reading a script
Okay and?
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"Invasive".. (determined by those who have a "vested interest", in- YOU, ["The People"] .."using" AND "justifying" "using herbicides & pesticides" ..to "get rid of", plants that YOU- "don't like", being in- "your yard". "Human", (as "socially conditioned"- as YOU, ARE) ..these plants, animals, insects, creatures, etc- ...THEY, ALLLLL "BE-long here", on Earth. The [so-called] "human beings"- of this planet, need to get a grip on "real-ity". The "real-ity", where- NOT every-thing, is "meant" to "like YOU"- "being here". If "humanity", doesn't get them-"SELVES"- off of their egotistical, out of balance, sociopathic -"behavior kicks"... The "humans", that ARE "be-ing DE-struct-ful", WILL be "the ones to GO!" This planet, you "humans"- (contrary to "popular perception") ..have- "been #SociallyConditioned" the WRONG "ways"! The plants, animals & insects- "BE-long here", MORE than YOU- "humans" (DE-struct-ful/DE-struct-ive) .."feel" like you "deserve, to be here". If you cannot "UN-learn", the A$S-BACKwards "shenanigans"... Then, unfortunately- for MANY, you- WILL, "HAVE TO- go!" "Learn to live WITH, the animals, plants, and other creatures on this planet"... ..."or you'll 'HAVE TO' be taken away!" You'll "see", (that is- IF, the animals around YOU- haven't already been "TRYING to PROVE, to YOU-" that what you have been 'taught' or 'told'- about animals... IS WRONG!" Contrary to "popular perception"- "Humans", are NOT- "at the top". In FACT, "Humans"- are at THE BOTTOM! (If "humanity", does NOT "REAL-eyes" THIS... [unfortunately- for those who DONT/WONT, "get off of their white horse"..] ..then, "humanity"- WILL, "be put BACK- in their place". (Which, IS- whats happening NOW!) Ya'll better start doing some "deep core- UN-learning, and QUICK!" MANY, of you- are NOT, "going to 'REAL-eyes'-" the totality- of what I just stated, UNTIL/UNLESS- "their identity, is STOLEN".. (through the "loopholes of 'Google'- you know, the one the "media"- "SAID, is- "your friend" [mainly, to get YOU- to "DO, their "filing- of the A.I. System", so "they" don't "HAVE TO"] & the [so-called] "us gov", who- IS "ALLOWING" many, MANY- "American's identitys" to be stolen! [In 2020, 4.8 MILLION American citizens "Identity's" were STOLEN- through, "Google" & "Facebook"... but, YA'LL- .."trust-ing" & "believ-ing": "They would NEVER, 'DO'- such a thing.." ("They", KNOW- you WOULD "TRUST"/"BELIEVE", THAT- bc of "how", "THEY"- "conditioned", YOU! #PsychologicalConditioning2021) "They", ONLY, STRICTLY & SOLELY- "care" about $$$, "greed", "deceit", "manipulation", & "embezzling money through other countries / means"... So as not to "get caught"/"implicated". (Its QUITE, "too late" for THAT Circus!) [Edited:] As of 48 hrs ago- (of me typing this, it's 8/22/21) "T-Mobile" had a "data breach" of 48 Million peoples "info", "metadata", "personal info", (including: YOUR, 'easier-to-save-through-Google' passwords, credit card #'s, etc etc) BTW, [bc many, 'individuals'- are "STILL", "trusting"/"believing".. "They would NEVER, 'DO' such a thing..." THIS, IS EXACTLY "WHY", 'they'- KEEP "getting away with it". ...bc [#PsychologicallySpeaking] you- "are *SUPPOSED TO* KEEP 'trusting'/'believing', 'them'." You'll "see"- ["#InHindsight" & "#AFTERTheFact"] ..once it "happens", to YOU! (by which time, you'll already have "fed, enabled, condoned, allowed, accepted & NORMALized", "the Circus" right along with "Pharmas Carousel".) Your "body"/"vessel"/"meat-suit", WILL- "PROVE"/"SHOW" YOU- "just what you're doing WRONG!" (that IS- IF, you 'know'- 'HOW' to 'fix' the issues/wrong turns/MIStakes) Right NOW- that's a VETY, very STRONG- "IF". (Bc of 'gov'/'pharma', CLAIMING: "Well, we're going to be transparent now!" What, EVERY ONE 'MIS-sed'- was that- THAT, 'statement'- specifically, "implies": "Yeah, we LIED. HAVE been lying to you, and we're NOT- going to take responsibility.. and that's it!" ....and EVERY ONE- "IS, allowing" [NOW, NORMALizing #ThePoisoningOfFutureGenerations.] Make sure you, "call that number": "If you or a loved one have been diagnosed with.." ...because, "you MAY- 'be ENTITLED', to 'compensation'.." You'll single-handedly, SET YOUR-'self'.. Into a "Nursing home", "retirement home", "senior living facility", once you're older- (..and your kids- "figure out", that YOU-) AFTER, you just "SAT back & ALLOWED & ENABLED, this Circus"... ...and- YOU, will "have"- NO ONE "to blame", BUT- YOUR own, damn self. Don't fret, those places are so nice, or so I've heard- anyways. (Plus, you'll have PLENTY- of "time" to "regret" your RE-ACTions- which, you were "#SociallyConditioned" to: - feed - enable - condone ..which, quite frankly- NO, 'human', "HAS TO"- "like", in order for what I've stated above- "to BE, true"! ...leads TO, [YOU, '#ThePeople'] - ALLOWing - ACCEPTing - NORMALizing.. The "Circus"! (Those are the 6- #PsychologicalManipulationSteps!)
Thanks now I can seek guidance from the machine elves
Did you have any luck with it
@@taintwasher3703 any updates
Doesn't it have dmt in it
Yup
Being in nature shows us how God is testified in all creatures. All creatures are given life through their mothers. We receive spiritual life through our spiritual Mother testified in the Bible.
Derek you did an excellent job presenting this talk today on zoom for Chicago Public Library! Totally made mushrooms very interesting and it was the right balance of science and substance without going over a non-scientist's head! I appreciate that this is available here in UA-cam. Best wishes to you!
Very nice!
Great presentation. Thanks Derek!
I am very interested in volunteering. What is the next step? H
Awesome!!!
This is good shit
trynna extract some spirit molecule crystals i see
@@thisisasignthatyoureamazin620 hell yeah
Can't wait for spring!
😂😂😂 same here
Yup
Thanks lady
Thank you for sharing your hopes and aspirations.
I spend lots of time in the Palos Preserves. I would love to learn more about the unique geology of the area. Very atypical for Cook County, IL. It is truly a divine place.
This video has been updated. The new version can be viewed at ua-cam.com/video/FneS2PXakEQ/v-deo.html. Enjoy!
This was a lovely presentation, but two things would be very helpful. First, when you look on any map, it says Spring Lake, not Spring Creek. (You mention the equivalence of the names, but it is in the middle of the talk somewhere.) If you put that into GPS, it actually would send you to near Itasca! And second... and more importantly... it would be nice to know that this preserve is almost inaccessible. All of the vehicle entrances are closed, so you must hike or go on horseback a distance of several miles. It would just save someone else who, like me, thought it sounded beautiful, from driving 30+ miles from Chicago only to find that there is no access. I had a nice little walk in a different preserve not too far away, but still....
How old do I need to be to apply for a job here
It is a good and helpful video.
Great video!
Beautiful!!
Wondering what our summer paid internship for high schoolers is like? Watch this video and hear directly from last year's interns about their experience. Don't forget to apply: www.fotfp.org/internships/cclc/
Even though summer is becoming a distant memory, we remember how awesome the Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps was this past summer! If you're thinking about applying for summer 2015 or want to know more about our internship program for teens, listen to some of our crew members break down their experience.
Ever wonder what exactly Friends is all about? Watch our President, Benjamin Cox, explain it to you in less than three minutes.
We're raising money to extend one of our successful #internship programs from 9 months to 12. The #Forest Preserve Leadership Corps teaches valuable job skills while promoting the next generation of #environmental leaders. Watch as members describe just how much this program means to them, and please consider helping us reach our goal! You can donate here: bit.ly/12fplc