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The Kane County Forest Preserve District received a $10,000 ComEd Openlands Award for the development …

The Lake County Forest Preserves reported that its planning committee recently approved a resolution recommending …

Hello, Chicago Rethinking the role of vacant lots in Chicago’s West and Southside

Hello, Chicago In Chicago, one of the leading cities for the environmental justice movement, Misha …

Tony (Tonatiu) Rodriguez is the Forestry Program Coordinator at Openlands, where he’s involved with the …

Nature, history and community recently merged on the banks of the Little Calumet River with …

No government agency or individual can control the weather. But we can be better prepared …

Neighbors in the McKinley Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side and environmental advocates used a …

A pesar de las fuertes lluvias de los últimos días, Chicago se encuentra en nivel …

El curso de certificación de TreeKeepers, que Openlands inició en 1991, ha capacitado a más …

I first heard about Seton Falls Park, a sprawling 30-acre urban green space in the …

WCPT 820 AM – Openlands Tom Ebeling Interviewed About Street Trees

Neighbors and environmentalists gathered Saturday to give canoe tours of the African American Heritage Water …

About 100 residents, environmentalists, historians, artists and others dedicated the “Prairie Boat” installation Saturday at …

The Lake County Forest Preserve District is set to become the new owner and caretaker …

The nonprofit conservation organization Openlands is hosting guided paddling trips through the African American Heritage …

Jerry Adelmann stays true to his roots, even though the world-trotting conservationist has traveled everywhere …

Chicagoans can join groups like Openlands to become “treekeepers” — stewards who plant, nurture and …

Openlands’ TreePlanters Grant program was covered in a recent report by ABC 7 about environmental …

Tom Ebeling, Community Arborist at Openlands, discusses how we can ensure the trees that are …

Katie Pittman is a sustainability coordinator at Rush University Medical Center, TreeKeeper No. 1754 through …

In April, the organizations Openlands and Enlace partnered with community members to plant 31 climate-resistant …

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Jean Franczyk

See you at the 2026 Openlands Annual Luncheon!

Join us on Oct. 21 for “From the Ground Up,” honoring Jean M. Franczyk and featuring Dr. Tessa Francis as keynote.