Help restore native habitats at the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge’s Sandy Hollow tract! Volunteers will plant plugs (seedlings) in prairie habitats at Sandy Hollow. Because the restoration of this upland sandy area is coming along so nicely, we’ll be planting some rarer native plants this year to boost the biodiversity!

Snacks, water, tools, and gloves will be provided, though if you have your own gloves we encourage you to bring them. Please wear appropriate clothing for fieldwork (e.g., long pants, closed-toe shoes). Children 16 years old or younger must be accompanied by a parent or other chaperone.

Meet at 9:00 a.m. in the parking lot by the bunkhouse at the north end of the Refuge (not at the observation tower through the main entrance); the bunkhouse driveway is next to the entrance to the Oak Ridge Trail. Click here for a map of the Refuge that shows the different entrances.

Please email us at twi@wetlands-initiative.org if you plan to attend so we can have enough supplies and snacks.

For driving directions to the Dixon Waterfowl Refuge, just south of Hennepin, Illinois, click here.