Native Plants
National Organizations Directory
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Save the Prairie Society
Address: 10327 Elizabeth
Westchester, IL 60154
Region: Midwest
Phone: (708) 865-8736
Fax: (708) 865-0170
Web: savetheprairiesociety.org
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Natural Heritage
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Work on restoration projects
- Natural habitat management
- Wildflower or native habitat display on property
- Provide educational programming
- Open to the public
- Membership program
- Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
- Propagate native plants
- Native plant sales
Native Plant Focus: Preservation of prairie, savanna, woodland and wetland ecosystems.
Publications: Various brochures, newsletters and annual reports.
Description: To acquire land, restore native Illinois ecosystems, protect wildlife and habitat, organize field trips and conservation education activities and promote environmental values through grassroots action.
Last Update: 2004-03-27
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