Spring Creek Forest Preserve - Throughout the Year

Justin Pepper of Audubon Chicago Region offered this photo journal of activity throughout the year at Spring Creek Forest Preserve.

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Spring Creek Forest Preserve, Cook County, Illinois

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Step #1: Remove invasive weeds!

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Here's how you do it!

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Into the ground they go!

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Monarch butterfly caterpillar

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Prairie grasses

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Native prairie grasses in the autumn

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Volunteer seed-collectors of all ages join in

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Scattering seed for next spring's "crop"

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Lots of volunteers help scatter seed!

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Winter clean-up

Come next spring, here's how it looks!

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