Join us every Thursday in August to harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Join us for a bi-weekly Wednesday Walk along the Little Calumet River in Gary, Indiana!

Join us every Thursday in August to harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Join us every Thursday in August to harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Join us for a bi-weekly Wednesday Walk along the Little Calumet River in Gary, Indiana!

Join us every Thursday in August to harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Join us every Thursday in August to harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Soak up summer by volunteering with TWI for a sunset seed collection event!

Step into summer at stunning Sandy Hollow with a guided interpretive hike and seed collection event on Saturday, July 25 at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge.

Join The Wetlands Initiative and the Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative for hands-on wetland restoration days this summer! On July 24 we’ll be at MLK South Wetland and all experience levels are welcome to help plant native sedges, flowers, and shrubs.

Celebrate Summer Solstice week by volunteering with TWI for a sunset seed collection event!

Join the Smart Wetlands team on June 24 for their From Tile to Tap Field Day in Loami, IL to learn about tile-treatment wetlands in the Lake Springfield Watershed.

Join The Wetlands Initiative and the Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative for hands-on wetland restoration days this summer! On June 13 we’ll be at MLK South Wetland and all experience levels are welcome to help plant native sedges, flowers, and shrubs.

Join The Wetlands Initiative and the Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative for hands-on wetland restoration days this summer! On June 10 we’ll be at Highland Rookery and all experience levels are welcome to help plant native sedges, flowers, and shrubs.

Join us at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge’s beautiful Sandy Hollow tract, where we will be planting native milkweed plugs (seedlings) to contribute to the site’s ongoing restoration.

Help restore native habitats at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge’s Sandy Hollow tract! Volunteers will plant plugs (seedlings) in prairie habitats at Sandy Hollow to contribute to the site’s ongoing restoration.

Join TWI and Friends of the Chicago River for a volunteer plug planting event at Indian Ridge Marsh on Saturday, May 9. This event is part of Chicago River Day, an annual watershed-wide day of volunteering organized by Friends of the Chicago River.

Join The Wetlands Initiative staff along with our guest experts for a Mini-Bioblitz on Sunday, April 26 from 9am to noon. This event is being hosted as part of the first-ever City Nature Challenge spanning Central Illinois! Participants will split into focused groups to document species in different taxonomic groups: plants, insects, birds, and reptiles & amphibians.

Join TWI, the Chicago Park District, and The Nature Conservancy for the 3rd annual volunteer trash clean-up along South Stony Island Avenue as part of a city-wide initiative for Earth Day. The success of the Chicago Park District Earth Day clean up is in your hands!

Burn away your winter blues with TWI at a volunteer workday at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge! Working carefully around burn piles, volunteers will help remove logs and woody debris from trees that were recently felled to improve habitat and thin the tree canopy in the Sandy Hollow oak savanna.

Kick off the new year by spreading native seeds to help with wetland restoration work at Indian Ridge Marsh! No experience is needed for this fun and family-friendly volunteer activity.

Join the Wetlands Initiative in celebrating 30 years of designing, restoring, and creating wetlands with a night to remember at Chicago’s Morgan Arts Complex.

Celebrate fall by helping to collect native seed in the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge’s restored prairie and wetland ecosystems. This is the second of two seed harvests that TWI is holding at the Refuge this fall - join us for one or both! No experience is needed for this fun and easy volunteer activity.

Experience the beauty of autumn at the Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge! Learn about the site’s unique flora and fauna through two guided hikes along the new Violet Meadow trail and the Illinois Nature Preserve dedicated Dore Seep trail.

Join TWI in partnership with the Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative and the Northwest Indiana Paddling Association (NWIPA) for a day in the outdoors at Lake Etta in Gary, Indiana! Participants can choose between paddling the Little Calumet River in kayaks or taking a guided bird walk near the lake. All will have the chance to learn about upcoming river restoration efforts happening at the nearby Chase Street Complex.

Celebrate fall by helping to collect native seed in the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge’s beautiful Sandy Hollow. This is the first of two seed harvests that TWI is holding at the Refuge this fall - join us for one or both! No experience is needed for this fun and easy volunteer activity.

TWI donors are invited to join our staff for a driving tour of TWI’s growing list of restoration sites in the Calumet Region. The group tour will stop at Indian Ridge Marsh and Square Marsh in southeast Chicago.

Join the Wetlands Initiative and partners for a volunteer seedling planting event at MLK South Wetland in Gary, Indiana. This event is hosted by the Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative, a coalition working to improve and restore wetland habitat in Northwest Indiana.

Join the Wetlands Initiative and partners for a volunteer seedling planting event at Highland Rookery. This event is hosted by the Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative, a coalition working to improve and restore wetland habitat in Northwest Indiana.

Join the Wetlands Initiative and partners for a volunteer seedling planting event at Grant Street Wetland in Gary, Indiana. This event is hosted by the Little Calumet River Conservation Collaborative, a coalition working to improve and restore wetland habitat in Northwest Indiana.