Mission: Friends of the Forest Preserves unites people to protect, promote, and care for the forest preserves in Cook County. As the only independent nonprofit organization solely focused on the forest preserves in Cook County, we work tirelessly to safeguard and improve the 70,000 acres of forest preserves for all of us and generations to come. Founded in 1998 by a small group of concerned citizens, the Friends community is now a force of thousands working together to ensure that land, water, and life will always thrive in the forest preserves. (Less)

Friends of the Forest Preserves is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 2004, and donations are tax-deductible.