Cook County Forest Preserve District Board Meeting held at Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center

Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board Meeting
May 10, 2022

• Today’s meeting took place in the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center, which works on connections between communities and the Forest Preserve. Aside from many trails, exhibits and animals, the center has moonwalks and stargazing, and has recently added many Spanish language programs.
• The board approved a grant award for improvements to several segments of the Des Plaines Trail. A $9.1M grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and the Federal Transportation Alternative Program goes towards more than five miles of trails that will be rerouted and rebuilt. (22-0223, 22-0224, 22-0225)
• Public comments centered again on the wish to move the Coyote living at River Trail Nature Center in Northbrook to a Wildlife Sanctuary in Colorado. 

Observer: Amber L Elmer