Back to the Swamp! LaBagh Workday #3, 2017

We are really starting to see progress being made at the this Swamp White Oak grove area, and I am so proud of our volunteers for what they have accomplished in this area. But like most restoration efforts, no rest for the weary. We will continue removing unwanted dead trees, pole trees and buckthorn to prepare this area for seeding (immediately) and planting (in the near future).

Conservation, CommunityLindsay WilkesFebruary 8, 2017LaBagh Woods

Join us for LaBagh Winter Work Day December 3

The native shrub plantings are finished for 2016, and now we begin to prepare other parts of LaBagh for native shrub plantings and native herbaceous plant seeding in 2017. This is important work, but more than anything else, IT'S FUN!

Community, ConservationLindsay WilkesDecember 1, 2016LaBagh Woods

The 2015 Team COS LaBagh Woods Big Year -- Report # 3

Have you been out to LaBagh Woods lately? If you have, you have seen that the LaBagh Big Year has made a huge difference. Planting is complete for this year, but fund-raising and scouring LaBagh for new species has not stopped.

How have we done?

Conservation, CommunityLindsay WilkesDecember 14, 2015

The 2015 Team COS LaBagh Big Year -- Report #2

LaBagh Woods Big Year - 1/3 Done!

It seems like just yesterday that COS kicked off the LaBagh Big Year with a field trip there on a snowy January 1. Here we are now in May, with migration in full swing, over one-third of the way through 2015. So how do we stand?

Conservation, CommunityLindsay WilkesMay 21, 2015

The 2015 COS Team LaBagh Big Year -- Report #1

Quietly, and with little fanfare, before the Ivory Gull was even a thought forbirders in the Chicago area, a very special year-long event kicked off at LaBagh Woods. Chicago Ornithological Society (COS), in conjunction with a number of other conservation-minded partners, launched a fundraiser for the restoration of the understory at LaBagh in 2015 and beyond.

Conservation, Community, Field TripLindsay WilkesJanuary 23, 2015

COS Launches "Big Year" Fundraiser for LaBagh Woods

COS has launched its 2015 fundraiser for LaBagh Woods, located at Foster Avenue and Edens Expressway. LaBagh Woods is a critical habitat for migrating birds, but is not in good shape. Years of neglect have resulted in a significantly degraded habitat. Thanks to recent re-dedication by the Cook County Forest Preserve, volunteers have received a grant to remove the buckthorn and other invasive species that have overrun LaBagh. Unfortunately, the dollars aren’t there to purchase shrubs, trees and the fencing to protect new plantings from hungry deer.

This is where you come in!

Community, ConservationLindsay WilkesDecember 27, 2014

COS-Sierra Club Sponsored Panel on Wind Energy Impacts on Wildlife

Advocacy, ConservationEdward WardenNovember 28, 2014

IL Bill Passed Reinstating Liability Protections for Landowners, Motivating Conservation Efforts

Conservation, AdvocacyLindsay WilkesJune 23, 2013

U.S. Representative Mike Quigley introduces Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act

Conservation, AdvocacyLindsay WilkesMay 21, 2013

COS Opposes Proposed Lead Bullet Exemption in Toxic Substance Control Act

Advocacy, ConservationLindsay WilkesNovember 11, 2012

BCN's Redstart Connection Campaign Kicks Off

The Bird Conservation Network, of which COS is a member, is excited to announce a new enterprise. We have established the Redstart Connection Campaign to raise funds to help birds here in the Midwest and on their wintering grounds.

Conservation, CommunityLindsay WilkesNovember 5, 2012

Op Ed on Wind Energy from The American Bird Conservancy

Conservation, AdvocacyLindsay WilkesMarch 31, 2012

COS Blog

The native shrub plantings are finished for 2016, and now we begin to prepare other parts of LaBagh for native shrub plantings and native herbaceous plant seeding in 2017. This is important work, but more than anything else, IT'S FUN!

Have you been out to LaBagh Woods lately? If you have, you have seen that the LaBagh Big Year has made a huge difference. Planting is complete for this year, but fund-raising and scouring LaBagh for new species has not stopped.

How have we done?

This is where you come in!

The Bird Conservation Network, of which COS is a member, is excited to announce a new enterprise. We have established the Redstart Connection Campaign to raise funds to help birds here in the Midwest and on their wintering grounds.