Let’s harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Spend a fall evening cleaning and processing native seeds for replanting at the Refuge. No experience needed and families are welcome.

A family-friendly guided fall hike to one of the best waterfowl viewing spots at the Refuge, followed by lunch on us and an open house. Saturday, October 17.

Paddle the Little Calumet River, take a bird walk, and learn about upcoming river restoration efforts.

Spend a fall evening cleaning and processing native seeds for replanting at the Refuge. No experience needed and families are welcome.

Let’s harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Join us to harvest native seeds at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge!

Join us 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!

Paddle the Little Calumet River, take a bird walk, and learn about the upcoming river restoration efforts.

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.