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Northwest
Cook County Group
The
Northwest Cook County Group (NWCCG) is a local group of the Illinois
Chapter of the Sierra
Club. The Sierra Club is America’s oldest, largest
and most influential grassroots environmental organization. Founded
in 1892 by John Muir and other supporters, the Sierra Club’s
goal is to explore, enjoy and protect the planet.
The Northwest Cook County Group sponsors many activities, ranging from monthly
program meetings, conservation workdays, letter writing parties, fund raising
events and recreational trips. The group’s activities are open to members
and non-members. Our group services the northwest portions of Cook County but
our events and membership are open to all. The group is managed by volunteers
who meet once a month to plan club events and take care of the day-to-day business.
Our program meetings take
place on the second Thursday of each month (except for July and August) at Spring
Valley Nature Sanctuary at 1111 East Schaumburg Road (on Schaumburg Road, just
west of Meacham Road) in Schaumburg (Yahoo
Map). Meetings start at 7:00 p.m.
with refreshments and snacks and at 7:30 p.m. we have a guest speaker or special
program.
Programs
focus on natural history or environmental issues. Program meetings are free and
open to members and non-members.
One of the ways the Northwest Cook County Group preserves our environment is
by sponsoring conservation workdays.
The group sponsors several workdays a year to help restore native ecosystems.
Participants help by cutting Buckthorn, an invasive shrub which crowds out native
plants, or planting native wildflowers.
Letter writing parties are a great way for us to get together and have fun and
also write to our legislators about current environmental issues. Writing letters
to our legislators is a very effective way to let them know how their constituents
feel about our environment. Letter
writing parties take place every other month at the home of a NWCCG
member.
The Sierra Club sponsors many recreational outings that
are open to members and non-members. The trips range from backpacking, day hikes,
caving, canoeing, bike riding to cross-country skiing. Whatever your interest,
there’s an outing for you to enjoy.
The Northwest Cook County Group publishes a quarterly newsletter, the
leaf is available on the backside of the Illinois Chapter's newsletter, Lake
and Prairie. The newsletter helps keep our members up-to-date on current
environmental issues, has interesting natural history articles and inform readers
about club programs and events.
We invite you to attend a program meeting, come to a conservation workday or
spend the day with us on an outing. Join us
as we explore, enjoy and protect the planet.
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This
page last revised on September 6, 2008
Copyright© 2008
Northwest Cook County Group, Illinois Chapter, the Sierra Club.
The
Northwest Cook County Group website designed and maintained by Joyce May.
Please contact the webmaster at nwccg2webmaster@earthlink.net if
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questions
or find any problems regarding this website.
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