Home / News Share Openlands News & Info From our biggest announcements to staff quotes in local prints, check back often for the latest news on Openlands! Categories Environmental Justice General Information Get Outside Have You Discovered History & Legacy Openlands in the News Partnerships Policy & Advocacy Press Release Program Updates Reports Environmental Justice, Get Outside, History & Legacy, Openlands in the News Illinois Chronicle – Prairie Boat project docks along Little Calumet River in Beaubien Woods July 25, 2023 General Information, Openlands in the News Chicago Sun Times – Openlands work as “heroic”. Get Ready for Bigger Storms. Old Solutions aren’t Enough. July 18, 2023 General Information 60 Ways to be an Advocate for Nature July 18, 2023 General Information, Openlands in the News Crain’s Chicago Business – President and CEO of Openlands selected as one of the 2023 Crain’s Chicago Business Notable Leaders in Sustainability July 17, 2023 Environmental Justice, General Information, Get Outside, Have You Discovered, History & Legacy, Openlands in the News Chicago Tribune – Bilingual ‘tree walk’ in McKinley Park Celebrates 60 Years of Supporting Trees, Clean Air July 16, 2023 General Information, Have You Discovered, Openlands in the News Univision -Regarlo Una o Dos Veces por Semana y Retirar la Maleza: Recomendaciones para Cuidar tu Jardín Ante la Sequía July 7, 2023 Policy & Advocacy, Program Updates Chicago Urban Forestry Advisory Board Hosted Inaugural Meeting July 6, 2023 Environmental Justice, General Information, Openlands in the News, Program Updates Univision – Promueven en La Villita Capacitación para Sembrar Árboles a través de TreeKeepers en Español July 5, 2023 Environmental Justice, Openlands in the News, Policy & Advocacy Ecosia – Climate justice in LA, Chicago, New York: introducing the Green Equity Collective June 26, 2023 Partnerships, Press Release, Program Updates Openlands and Partners Celebrated the Attendance of Hundreds at the Inaugural Green & Growing Summit June 22, 2023 Openlands in the News, Program Updates WCPT 820 AM – Openlands Tom Ebeling Interviewed About Street Trees June 21, 2023 Get Outside, History & Legacy, Policy & Advocacy Paddleable, Accessible, Interpreted: Blueways in Northeastern Illinois June 21, 2023 Environmental Justice, Openlands in the News, Partnerships, Program Updates Block Club Chicago – The Little Calumet River Is A Hub For Black History. Advocates Want To Include It In A National Heritage Area June 14, 2023 Environmental Justice, Openlands in the News, Partnerships, Program Updates Daily Southtown Column – Beaubien Woods’ New ‘Prairie Boat’ Offers Place to Gather and Celebrate Calumet Region Heritage June 14, 2023 Openlands in the News Daily Herald – Handing Over a Mile of Lakeshore: Openlands Group Giving Its Preserve by Fort Sheridan to County June 6, 2023 Environmental Justice, Openlands in the News WTTW Black Voices: Paddling the African American Heritage Water Trail June 2, 2023 History & Legacy, Openlands in the News Chicago Sun-Times: Openlands’ Jerry Adelmann follows long journey while staying close to his roots June 2, 2023 Openlands in the News, Program Updates Axios Chicago: Why Chicago’s Shrinking Tree Canopy Hurts Communities May 30, 2023 General Information, Policy & Advocacy Reflecting on Openlands’ Participation in May 2023 Advocacy Days May 30, 2023 Openlands in the News, Program Updates ABC 7: Environmental Activists Plant Trees to Help Underserved Neighborhoods May 24, 2023 Openlands in the News, Program Updates Internet of Nature Podcast: Don’t Tell Me How Many Trees You Planted, Tell Me How Many Are Still There After 20 Years May 23, 2023 Openlands in the News Chicago Tribune Op-Ed: No Mow May is Not Enough. We Need to Sow Native Flowers May 20, 2023 Openlands in the News, Program Updates WTTW Latino Voices: Greening La Villita at Kanoon Elementary School May 20, 2023 Openlands in the News, Policy & Advocacy WTTW: Conservationists Pinning Hopes for Oceans’ Health on the Great Lakes May 19, 2023 < Page1 Page2 Page3 … Page9 > Meet Our Expert Staff & Media Contacts All Staff Huan Song Director of Communications Yamys Urbano Valencia Bilingual PR & Communications Specialist