Chicago Wilderness Member Organizations

Our region alliance includes 254 members:

Air Station Prairie

Alliance for the Great Lakes

Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative

Audubon–Chicago Region

Backyard Nature Center

Barrington Area Conservation Trust

Barrington Area Council of Governments

Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners

Benedictine University

Biodiversity Project

Bird Conservation Network

Blacks in Green (BIG)

Bolingbrook Park District

Boone Creek Watershed Alliance

Bronzeville/Black Chicagoan Historical Society

Butterfield Creek Steering Committee

Calumet Ecological Park Association

Calumet Environmental Resource Center

Campton Historic Agricultural Lands, Inc.

Campton Township

Canal Corridor Association

Caretakers of the Environment International/USA

Cary Park District

Center for Humans and Nature

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Chicago Audubon Society

Chicago Botanic Garden

Chicago Cultural Alliance

Chicago Herpetological Society

Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning

Chicago Ornithological Society

Chicago Park District

Chicago Wilderness Corporate Council

Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo

Chicagoland Bird Observatory

Chicagoland Councils of the Boy Scouts of America

Chicago's Green City Market

Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund

Citizens for Conservation

City of Chicago, Department of Environment

City of Elgin Parks & Recreation Department

City of Park Ridge

City of Rolling Meadows

Clarendon Hills Park District

Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy

College of DuPage

Congregational Unitarian Church

The Conservation Foundation

The Conservation Fund

Conservation Research Institute

Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory at
Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Crystal Lake Park District

Deerfield High School

Deerpath Farm Homeowners’ Association

Delta Institute

DePaul University, Environmental Science Program

Downers Grove Park District

Ducks Unlimited — Great Lakes/Regional Office

Dundee-Crown High School

Dunes Learning Center

DuPage Birding Club

Eden Place Nature Center

Elmhurst Park District

Emily Oaks Nature Center

Environmental Defenders of McHenry County

Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest

Environmentally Conscious Oswego (ECO)       Commission

Evanston Environmental Association

Experiencia Learning Center

Faith in Place

FamilyFarmed.org

Fermilab Natural Areas

Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve

The Field Museum

The Field Station Cooperative

First Baptist Church of Waukegan

Fishin’ Buddies

Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District

Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Forest Preserve District of Will County

Frankfort Square Park District

Friends of Ryerson Woods

Friends of Spring Creek Forest Preserve

Friends of the Chicago River

Friends of the Forest Preserves (Cook County)

Friends of the Fox River

Friends of the Kankakee, 219.322.7239

Friends of the Morton Grove Forest Preserves

Friends of the Parks

Friendship Village of Schaumburg

Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc.

Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance

Geneva Lake Conservancy

Geneva Park District

Global Alliance of Artists

Go Green Wilmette

The Grove National Historic Landmark

Homewood Izaak Walton League, 815.806.1347

I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor, Civic Center Authority

Illinois Audubon Society

Illinois Audubon Society, Fort Dearborn Chapter, 847.675.3622

Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network

Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board

Illinois Natural History Survey

Illinois Nature Preserves Commission

Illinois Ornithological Society

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

Indian Creek Watershed Project

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

Indiana University Northwest

Inverness Park District

Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center

Izaak Walton League of America — Illinois Division

Izaak Walton League of America — Indiana Division

John G. Shedd Aquarium

Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum

Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District

Kendall County Forest Preserve District

Kendall County Soil & Water ConservationDistrict

Kenosha/Racine Land Trust

Kettle Moraine Land Trust, Ltd.

Kishwaukétoe Nature Conservancy

Lake Bluff Open Lands Association

Lake County Forest Preserves (IL)

Lake County (IL) Health Dept — Environmental Health Services

Lake County Parks & Recreation Department (IN)

 

Lake County (IL) Soil & Water Conservation District

Lake County (IN) Solid Waste Management District

Lake County (IL) Stormwater Management Commission

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest Open Lands Association

Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens

Land Conservancy of Lake County

Land Conservancy of McHenry County

Land Trust Alliance

Land Trust of Walworth County

LaPorte County Conservation Trust, Inc.

Liberty Prairie Conservancy

Lincoln Park Conservancy

Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln-Way Community High School

Long Grove Park District

Loyola University — Chicago Center for Urban Environmental Research & Policy

Lurie Garden: Millennium Park

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation

McHenry County Conservation District

McHenry County Conservation Foundation

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

The Morton Arboretum

Naperville Park District

National Association for Interpretation - Region 5

National Parks Conservation Association –
Midwest Region Office

Natural Land Institute

The Nature Conservancy — Illinois

North Branch Restoration Project

North Cook County Soil & Water Conservation District

Northbrook Park District

Northeastern Illinois University

Northminster Presbyterian Church

Northwest Indiana Forum Foundation, Inc.

Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission

Northwestern University Environmental Policy & Culture Program

Oak Brook Park District and Sam Deane Nature Center

Oakbrook Terrace Park District

Openlands

Palos Park Tree Foundation

Palos-Orland Conservation Committee

Park District of Franklin Park

Park District of Highland Park

Portage Park and Recreation Dept (IN)

Porter County (IN) Plan Commission

The Prairie Club

Prairie Crossing Homeowner’s Association

Prairie Woods Audubon Society

Prairies Forever

Pringle Nature Center

Purdue University Calumet

Red Oak Nature Center

Resurrection Center

Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary, 219.787.1341

Ridgeville Park District

Riding Club of Barrington Hills

River Forest Park District

Riverwoods Preservation Council

Roots & Shoots Great Lakes

Safer Pest Control Project

Salt Creek Greenway Association

Save the Dunes Conservation Fund

Save the Prairie Society

Scenic Illinois

Schaumburg Park District

School of Environmental Education, Riverside Brookfield High School

Seeding the Snow, 773.342.6665

Shirley Heinze Land Trust

Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter

Southeast Environmental Task Force

Springbrook Nature Center

St. Charles Park District

Taltree Arboretum and Gardens

Taskforce on Waukegan Neighborhoods (TOWN)

Team Green Environmental Network

Thorn Creek Audubon Society

Town Square Condominium Association, 847.985.8461

Trout Valley Homeowner’s Association

The Trust for Public Lands

University of Chicago — Civic Knowledge Project

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Extension, Northeast Region

Upper Des Plaines River Ecosystem Partnership

US Army Corps of Engineers

US Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory

US Department of Energy, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

US Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office

US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5

US Fish and Wildlife Service

USDA Forest Service

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

USDI National Park Service/Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Valley Lakes Community Association

Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Watershed Group, 219.462.5821

Village of Algonquin

Village of Brookfield

Village of Deer Park

Village of Frankfort

Village of Glenview

Village of Hoffman Estates Environmental Commission

Village of Homer Glen

Village of Lake Barrington

Village of Lincolnshire

Village of North Barrington

Village of Oak Park

Village of Orland Park

Village of Riverside

Village of Schaumburg

Warrenville Environmental Advisory Commission

Waukegan Citizen’s Advisory Group, 847.867.8067

Wayne Park Commission, 630.584.3090

West Chicago Park District

The Wetlands Initiative

Wheaton Park District

Wild Flower Preservation Society, Illinois Chapter, 312.787.0072

Wild Ones Natural Landscapers, Ltd.

Wildflower Preservation & Propagation Committee of McHenry County

Wildwood Nature Center

Woodland Savanna Land Conservancy