Updated : 10-26-09

     Welcome to Orland Grassland 

     What We Do

     Aerial View

     Chicago Wilderness Passport

     Directions

     Dress For Success

     Enews   

     T-Shirt Order Form

     exSIGHTment! volunteer sightings

        See 2009 OGGBE Results

        92 Species-1,817 Birds Counted

The Volunteers work in association with

THE FOREST PRESERVE  DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY  (VOLUNTEER SITE)

AUDUBON-CHICAGO REGION (THE HABITAT PROJECT)

CORPORATION FOR OPEN LANDS  (CORLANDS)

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS-CHICAGO DISTRICT

VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK

FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVE

THE VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP NETWORK (See monthly "Gatherings Online")

look What’s Coming…

09-03-09 -- Volunteer Meeting. 

Orland Park Civic Center-7:00 p.m.

09-27-09 -- Autumn on the Grassland

Guided tours of the site.  Try your hand at various kinds of restoration activities.  Exhibits and refreshments.

11-10-09-- Seed Cleaning at Orland Park Civic Center,  6:30 p.m.

11-21-09 -- Seeding of Grassland

9:00 a.m. at Orland Grassland parking lot followed by "Pot-Pouri" pot luck.

LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE

01-08-09 -- Volunteer Meeting

Orland Park Civic Center

02-07-09 -- Wild Things Conference at University of Illinois-Chicago

See www.habitatproject.org for details.

04-16-09--Volunteer Meeting

Orland Park Civic Center

04-25-09-Earth Day Celebration at Orland Grassland--Volunteers lead trash pick up and prairie restoration field work activities.

05-26-09 - Story Time on the Prairie

Orland Library will be bringing its story time for 4th graders and under, with parents, to Orland Grassland.  3:30 pm.

Contact Library for details.

askoppl@orlandparklibrary.org  or

708-428-5100

06-02-09--Volunteer Meeting.

Orland Park Civic Center

06-06-09--Welcome Back Bobolink-

Guided bird walks and site tours for the community.

07-31, 08-01, 08-02 -- Look for our booth at The Taste of Orland