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Chicago Sun-Times – 2025 year in review: An ode to the outdoors

Cook County Land Bank Authority – Michael Davidson and Jennifer Parks to join the Board of Directors

Citizen Weekly – Organization commits to providing safe play spaces for schoolchildren and communities

Friends of Hackmatack – Controlled burn at Tamarack West

Volunteers gathered to conduct a controlled burn on the Tamarack West property, owned by Openlands. …

CBS News Chicago – South Side elementary school gets new green playground

Hire Frequency podcast with George Wright- Trees (and a career path) are a good investment in your future

CBS News Chicago – South side elementary schools unveil renovated playgrounds

ABC7 Chicago – New schoolyard dedicated at James Farmer Jr. Elementary

WBEZ Chicago – Chicago students celebrated the opening of green play spaces at schools on the South Side

Mas Context – Northerly Island: a hundred year history still unfolding

Fox 32 Chicago – Chicago’s ‘Space to Grow’ program celebrates 10 years with new schoolyard

Block Club Chicago – New boardwalk, accessible boat launch debut at Beaubien Woods

The Cool Down – Innovative program completely transforms schoolyard playgrounds: ‘A harmonious place’

Chicago Tribune | Lake County News-Sun – Waukegan church plants trees in its neighborhood: ‘Trees offer us hope’

Chicago Sun-Times: The political journey of rail-trails captured in ‘From Rails to Trails’

Journal & Topics – Forest Preserves, Openlands celebrate ecological recovery at Deer Grove East

WTTW Urban Nature: Did O’Hare’s expansion actually help wetlands?

Daily Herald – ‘Conservation takes action’: How volunteers restored 589 acres at Palatine Forest Preserve

WBBM Newsradio – A sizeable section of Cook County is being celebrated for its green spaces

WBEZ – Lisa Labuz highlights restoration efforts at Deer Grove Forest Preserve in Cook County

Patch – ”Landmark restoration effort” concludes at Palatine’s Deer Grove Forest Preserve

Canadian Health Association for Sustainability & Equity -Greening underserved schools while preventing floods in Chicago

Inside Climate News – A contaminated riverside lot in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood is poised for cleanup by Peoples Gas

Chicago Wilderness Alliance – Conservation Alliance honors exceptional efforts across 4-state region

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