Chicago Wilderness Alliance partners are committed to:

• Science-based actions
• Broad partnerships
  
• Celebration of nature's wonders
• A diversity of voices
• Nature-based solutions for climate change
• Grassroots participation

We depend on the actions of our partners to sustain the energy and integrity of the Chicago Wilderness Alliance. Their work is integral to achieving our shared regional Green Vision of creating and protecting a vibrant, accessible region where people and nature thrive.

We invite you to become a Chicago Wilderness Alliance partner organization or Corporate Council member today! Individuals, including students, can also join the Chicago Wilderness Alliance as partners. 

Partner Organizations

A3 Environmental Consultants
aka Associates
All Seasons Tree Service of Elgin
Ancient Oaks Foundation
Animalia Project
ARCADIS
ASLA Illinois
Association for the Wolf Lake Initiative
Atrium
Atwell
Audubon Great Lakes
Aull Nature Preserve

Backyard Nature Center
Benedictine University
Bird Conservation Network
Blacks in Green
Bronzeville Historical Society
Brown Faces Green Spaces
Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods 
BUILD

Calumet Collaborative
Calumet Environmental Resource Center at Chicago State University
Campton Township
Cantigny
Cardno, Inc
Caretakers of the Environment International/USA
Center for Humans and Nature
Channahon Park District
The Chicago Academy of Sciences and its Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Chicago Adventure Therapy
Chicago Audubon Society
Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Children's Museum
Chicago Herpetological Society
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning 
Chicago Park District
Chicago Ornithological Society
Chicago Wilderness Alliance
Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo
Chikaming Open Lands
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
Citizens for Conservation
City of Warrenville
Climate Reality, Chicago Metro Chapter
Clean Up - Give Back
ComEd
Conservation Design Forum
Conservation Foundation
Conservation Fund
Cross Community Climate Collaborative C4

Delta Institute
DePaul University, Environmental Science Program
Dunes Learning Center
DuPage County, Stormwater Management Division

EcoMyths
Eden Place Nature Center
Edgewater Environmental Coalition
Elgin Roofing
Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
Environmental Defenders of McHenry County
Environmental Law & Policy Center
Equiticity
Evangelista Floral and Landscape Studio

Faith in Place
Fermilab Natural Areas
Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve
The Field Museum
First Baptist Church of Waukegan
Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
Forest Preserve District of Kane County
Forest Preserve District of Will County
Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
Forest Preserve Foundation
Forest Preserves of Cook County
Forest Preserves of Winnebago County
Fox River Ecosystem Partnership
Friends of the Kankakee
Friends of the Chicago River
Friends of the Forest Preserves
Friends of the Green Bay Trail
Friends of the Illinois Nature Preserves

Gary Community Partnership
Gateway to the Great Outdoors
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Glen Ellyn Park District
GreenLatinos
Go Green Wilmette
Grace Farm Studios

Habitat 2030
Hey and Associates, Inc.

Illinois Audubon Society
Illinois Audubon Society, Fort Dearborn Chapter
Illinois Department of Natural Resources 
Illinois Division of the Izaak Walton League
Illinois Native Plant Society
Illinois Natural History Survey 
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Illinois Ornithological Society
Illinois Science Council
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
IN Natural Heritage Data Center/INDNR
Indian Creek Watershed Project
Integrated Lakes Management
Iron Oaks Environmental Learning Center

Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum

Kane County Development & Community Services Department
Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District
Kendall County Forest Preserve District
Kendall County Soil & Water Conservation District
Kent Fuller Air Station Prairie
Kettle Moraine Land Trust

Lake County Forest Preserves 
Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
Lake Forest Open Lands Association
Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Garden
Land Conservancy of Lake County
Land Trust Alliance Midwest Program
LandServe LLC
LaPorte County Conservation Trust
League of Women Voters of Chicago
League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region
Liberty Prairie Foundation
Lincoln Park Conservancy
Lincoln Park Zoo
Living Habitats
Loyola University Chicago, Institute of Environmental Sustainability

Magnolia Land Partners
Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation
McGinty Brothers
McHenry County Conservation District
McHenry County Conservation Foundation
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Michael Adsit Regenerative Agriculture
Mike MacDonald Photography
Midewin Tallgrass Prairie Alliance
Midwest Biological Survey
Midwest Groundcovers, LLC/Midwest Trading, Inc.
Monarchs, Milkweed, and More
The Morton Arboretum

Naperville Park District 
National Parks Conservation Association
Natural Communities Native Plants
Natural Land Institute
Nature, Culture and Human Health (NCH2)
The Nature Conservancy, Illinois Chapter 
Nicor Gas
North Branch Restoration Project
North Cook Soil and Water Conservation District
Northeastern Illinois University Geography & Environmental Studies Department
Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission
Northwest Indiana Urban Waters Federal Partnership
Northwestern University Environmental Policy and Culture Program
Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative

Oak Brook Park District, Dorothy and Sam Dean Nature Sanctuary
Oakton Community College
Olson Ecological Solutions
One Earth Collective
Openlands
Orbis Environmental Consulting
Out Our Front Door

Panther Training, LLC
Park District of Highland Park
Pierce Downer's Heritage Alliance
Pizzo and Associates, LTD
Prairie Crossing Charter School
Prairie State Conservation Coalition
Pringle Nature Center
Progressive Tree Service
Project Exploration

Red Oak Nature Center
Refugee Education & Adventure Challenge (REACH)
Reilly, Unglaub and Burke at Merrill Lynch
Resource Environmental Solutions
Riverwoods Preservation Council
Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network

Sarett Nature Center
Save the Dunes
Save Our Little Vermilion Environment (SOLVE)
Save the Prairie Society
SCARCE
Schaumburg Park District
Seedhouse
Seven Generations Ahead
Severson Dells Nature Center
Shedd Aquarium
Shelton Solutions-Quercus Consulting
Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter
Student Conservation Association

Tallgrass Restoration
The Technology Alliance
Tetra Tech
The Trust for Public Land
Tryon Farm Institute, INC
Turnstone Strategies

University of Illinois at Chicago 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois Extension in Cook County
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Field Station
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory
US Department of Energy, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service, Wildlife Services
USDA Forest Service
USDA Forest Service, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDI National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
US Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office
US Fish and Wildlife Services
USGS

V3 Companies
Valparaiso Chain of Lakes Watershed Group
Village of Glenview
Village of Homer Glen
Village of Riverside

Waukegan Harbor Citizens' Advisory Group
Waukegan Park District
West Chicago Park District
West Cook Wild Ones
West Ridge Nature Park
The Wetlands Initiative
Wheaton Park District, Lincoln Marsh Natural Area
Wildflower Preservation & Propagation Committee
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers LLC
Wild Ones - Root River Chapter *
Wildlife Habitat Council
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology