Celebrating 100 Years of Beauty in the Forest Preserves
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
Centennial Symposium
and Sagawau Canyon Tour
May 28 and 29, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
CONFERENCE
Friday, May 29, 2015
SAGAWAU CANYON TOUR & PICNIC
9 am – 5 pm
DePaul University Student Center
Lincoln Park Campus
2250 N. Sheffield Ave., Room 314, Chicago, IL 60014
Canyon Tour: 10:15 am
Picnic: Noon
Panelists include historians, scientists, planners
and educators.
Topics Include:
• Historical Roots and Aesthetic Implications of the Forest
• Conservation and Social Perspectives
• Wildlife, Ecosystems and the Next 100 Years
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
12545 W. 111th St., Lemont, IL 60439
Canyon tours will be led by experts from the
Forest Preserves of Cook County.
Shuttle buses will be available to and from the
event site starting at Ogilvie Station.
Presented by:
Special thanks to our partners:
Forest Preserves of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Forest Preserves
General Superintendent Arnold L. Randall, Chicago Park District General Superintendent
and CEO Michael P. Kelly, DePaul University President Father Dennis Holtschneider,
DePaul University Humanities Center, DePaul University Research Council, and Forest
Preserves Foundation Executive Director Shelley A. Davis
For more information, click here or visit
https://www.forestpreservefoundation.org/centennial-symposium.html