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Carolyn Goetz Wetlands Preserve
Come listen to the wind in the white pine forest, and sit for a spell on the observation deck. This wetland is a habitat for blue winged teal, wood duck, sora, snapping turtle, frogs, and other wildlife. It is also … read more
Lake Bluff Site – LCFPD
Locally known as Jensen Woods. The 80 acre Lake Bluff Site straddles the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff border. Running along the length of the Skokie River, the LB Site connects LBOLA’s Skokie River Prairie Reserve on the north, to LFOLA’s Skokie … read more
Skokie River Prairie Reserve
The Skokie River valley is a remnant of the Ice-Age ‘Lake Chicago’, a thirty mile marsh known for waterfowl and rare wetland plants which once extended from Waukegan to Chicago. In recent times, our Skokie River Prairie was drained and … read more
Rockland Wetlands
The Rockland Wetlands one of LBOLA’s newest projects is home to many amphibians including thousands of Western Chorus Frogs that make a riot of sound all spring, beautiful and wetland flora as well as some stately bur oaks. Rockland Wetlands … read more
Prairie Preserve on Bell Foret Dr
Historical records reveal that the Prairie Preserve served as the back yard of a Green Bay Road estate and was never farmed and never had drain tiles installed. Proposed for development along with the rest of the Belle Foret subdivision, … read more
Bike Path Prairie
Stretching all the way from the water plant to the viaduct into town, the Bike Path Prairie welcomes visitors and residents to Lake Bluff with waving tall grasses, wildflower color and prairie heritage. LBOLA was fortunate to find a receptive … read more
Beach Plantings on the Lakefront
The design for the mid 1980s project were drawn up by Landscape Architect Stephen Christy, who went on to fame and fortune with Lake Forest Open Lands Association. The construction of the upper prairie with its raised timber structure and … read more
Moffett Woods
Moffett Woods consists of property donated to LBOLA by Stephen and Ann Bent and Shelby Yastrow in the early 1990s. It remains the only property owned by LBOLA as our other managed preserves are publicly owned. This mature oak woodland … read more
Gurney Avenue Ravine
Following the demolition of an old wooden footbridge spanning Ravine Park at Gurney Ave, LBOLA founder Carolyn Goetz spearheaded a drive to replace the bridge with the current modern steel span. Elmer Vliet made significant financial contributions and the installation … read more
Train Station Prairie
At the northern edge of the LB train station parking lot, the Robery McClory Bike Path heads north through a blaze of prairie color as our plantings, at the intersection of Blodgett Ave. and the parking lot, are mature, diverse … read more
Dwyer Woods
Outdoor Classroom, Old Oak and Hickory woodland where the teachers used to gather switches for the unruly. This site has experienced many changes recently. Essentially the front yard of what is now Lake Bluff Elementary School, this oak-hickory woodland had … read more
Lake Genevieve
This 13 acre preserve was once 19 lots, plus a wetlands that in real estate hype became Lake Genevieve. Twenty years ago a couple of neighbors got together to save Lake Genevieve and the surrounding 19 lots from development. Neglected … read more
Carolyn Goetz Wetlands Preserve
Come listen to the wind in the white pine forest, and sit for a spell on the observation deck. This wetland is a habitat for blue winged teal, wood duck, sora, snapping turtle, frogs, and other wildlife. It is also … read more
Lake Bluff Site – LCFPD
Locally known as Jensen Woods. The 80 acre Lake Bluff Site straddles the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff border. Running along the length of the Skokie River, the LB Site connects LBOLA’s Skokie River Prairie Reserve on the north, to LFOLA’s Skokie … read more
Skokie River Prairie Reserve
The Skokie River valley is a remnant of the Ice-Age ‘Lake Chicago’, a thirty mile marsh known for waterfowl and rare wetland plants which once extended from Waukegan to Chicago. In recent times, our Skokie River Prairie was drained and … read more
Rockland Wetlands
The Rockland Wetlands one of LBOLA’s newest projects is home to many amphibians including thousands of Western Chorus Frogs that make a riot of sound all spring, beautiful and wetland flora as well as some stately bur oaks. Rockland Wetlands … read more
Prairie Preserve on Bell Foret Dr
Historical records reveal that the Prairie Preserve served as the back yard of a Green Bay Road estate and was never farmed and never had drain tiles installed. Proposed for development along with the rest of the Belle Foret subdivision, … read more
Bike Path Prairie
Stretching all the way from the water plant to the viaduct into town, the Bike Path Prairie welcomes visitors and residents to Lake Bluff with waving tall grasses, wildflower color and prairie heritage. LBOLA was fortunate to find a receptive … read more
Beach Plantings on the Lakefront
The design for the mid 1980s project were drawn up by Landscape Architect Stephen Christy, who went on to fame and fortune with Lake Forest Open Lands Association. The construction of the upper prairie with its raised timber structure and … read more
Moffett Woods
Moffett Woods consists of property donated to LBOLA by Stephen and Ann Bent and Shelby Yastrow in the early 1990s. It remains the only property owned by LBOLA as our other managed preserves are publicly owned. This mature oak woodland … read more
Gurney Avenue Ravine
Following the demolition of an old wooden footbridge spanning Ravine Park at Gurney Ave, LBOLA founder Carolyn Goetz spearheaded a drive to replace the bridge with the current modern steel span. Elmer Vliet made significant financial contributions and the installation … read more
Train Station Prairie
At the northern edge of the LB train station parking lot, the Robery McClory Bike Path heads north through a blaze of prairie color as our plantings, at the intersection of Blodgett Ave. and the parking lot, are mature, diverse … read more
Dwyer Woods
Outdoor Classroom, Old Oak and Hickory woodland where the teachers used to gather switches for the unruly. This site has experienced many changes recently. Essentially the front yard of what is now Lake Bluff Elementary School, this oak-hickory woodland had … read more
Lake Genevieve
This 13 acre preserve was once 19 lots, plus a wetlands that in real estate hype became Lake Genevieve. Twenty years ago a couple of neighbors got together to save Lake Genevieve and the surrounding 19 lots from development. Neglected … read more
