Forest Preserve Initiative

Friends of the Parks and Friends of the Forest Preserve completed a two-year study of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. The study was released in two phases.

Click here to view the complete Phase I of the Forest Preserve Study.

Click here to view the complete Phase II of the Forest Preserve Study.

The next phase of FOTP's program is to implement the recommendations of the Phase I and II Reports which included:

  1. develop and empower a broad coalition of conservation and environmental groups to be citizen advocates for the preserves
  2. advocate for best practices in operation of the forest preserves
  3. expand the work to restore the natural forests and prairies
  4. research and track land acquisition plans of the District.

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