Fun Facts – Did you know?
The Restoration Has Begun!
The Friends and the Village of Winnetka have begun restoration of the natural areas along the Trail running through Winnetka. Click here to see a description of the project. Better yet, come down and see the start of the restoration of native species to this section of the Trail.
Green Bay Trail Day - A Sunny Success
Many thanks to our generous sponsors, the organizations and individual exhibitors, and more than 40 volunteers who helped make Green Bay Trail Day an enjoyable and festive event.
Views from the Trail Videos
We are pleased to showcase two videos in the Gallery – “A Summer’s Day on the Trail” and “Scenes from the Trail.”
What we do
We are environmental stewards of the Green Bay Trail, restoring a natural, prairie eco-system. Our goal is to make the trail a national example of the healthy intersection of nature and culture that inspires community and individual well-being. LEARN MORE
The Green Bay Trail is on the Map!
The Green Bay Trail has met the Homegrown National Park challenge. The Trail’s restoration showcases results achieved by implementing practices advocated by the Homegrown National Park initiative.
Homegrown National Park cofounders Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, and Michelle Alfandari, advocate using public and private spaces to support and expand biodiversity; “In the past, we have asked one thing of our gardens: that they be pretty. Now they have to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators, and manage water.”
83% of U.S. land is privately owned. Tallamy and Alfandari challenge property owners to select ecologically effective plants, shrink lawn size and remove invasives on these sites. These efforts will significantly restore the needed diversity to offset increasing climate change impacts.
*Accept the challenge. Start this fall and view the results next spring.
Get on the Map
Become a Homegrown National Park
Native Keystone Plants for Wildlife
Garden for Wildlife
