Mix together a passionate environmental science teacher, inner city students that need real life work experience and a National Tallgrass Prairie and what do you get?

The Midewin Youth Corps Program!

Eight high school students from North Lawndale College Prep (NLCP) formed a teacher-led work crew at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie where they supported a variety of conservation projects. Last summer’s conservation results included:

  • 482 ft of trail maintained around the Welcome Center
  • Bolder placement at Hoff Road Trailhead
  • Area of 3,100 square ft of seed planted at the Hoff Road Trailhead
  • Area of 1,300 square ft of vegetative overgrowth cut
  • 4.25 acres of Seed Collection
  • And more…

And thanks to generous support from the Exelon Foundation , not one but two youth crews from NLCP will work at Midewin this summer. With a total of 16 students working this summer we’ll be able to double our conservation results and expose eight additional students to this incredible experience out at Midewin.

National Forest Foundation