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Chicago Beaver Festival - FREE
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Free, family friendly event with children's activities and environmental learning opportunities! This free event will bring our community together to enjoy the outdoors, learn about beavers as ecosystem engineers, and talk about our relationship with the natural world. It will also highlight the animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians that are part of the beaver ecosystem.

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When: May 2, 2026
1:00PM to 4:00PM
Where: Nichols Park Fieldhouse
1355 E 53rd St
Chicago, Illinois  60615
United States

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Many organizations and businesses will be exhibiting and offering fun children's activities and environmental learning opportunities!

Brought to you by: Chicago Conservation Corps at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Park District, Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, Illinois Beaver Alliance, Illinois Master Naturalists, and Nichols Park Advisory Council

Exhibitors will include: American Indian Center | Argyll Beaver & Wildlife Visitor Center, Scotland | Beaver Institute | Cathey Gardens | Chicago Architecture Center | Chicago Conservation Corps | Chicago Park District | Chicago Parks Foundation | Chicago Environmentalists | conservation@home | Environment Illinois | Forest Preserves of Cook County | Garfield Park Conservatory | Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | Irving Park YMCA Leaders Club | Lincoln Park Conservatory | Mbwakawen Harambee Collective | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago | Morton Arboretum | Nature Sounds Society | Peggy Lee Franklin | Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum | Prairie State Conservation Coalition | Roots & Shoots-Jane Goodall Institute | Under the Canopy--Illinois Master Naturalists | Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo | Windy City Bird Lab

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