NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Chi-Cal Rivers Fund

Project Title: Enhancing Habitat Quality at Crooked Creek (IL)

Organization:

Friends of the Chicago River

Project ID:

0501.18.061319

Award Amount:

$242668.96

Location:

The Crooked Creek watershed is located within the Palos-Sag Valley Region of the Forest Preserves of Cook County, near Willow Springs, Illinois (41.42’14.62N; 87.51’41.80W). Restoration work directly funded by the grant would take place on the southern end of the Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve.