Green Earth opened our Pyles Fork Preserve to the public in late October. Nearly 100 supporters joined us for food, drinks, live music, and games for the kids. More pictures of this event can be seen in our Photo Gallery.

This wonderful morning was the culmination of months of hard work by dozens of volunteers. Photos of volunteer workdays can be seen in our Photo Gallery. The list of all the volunteers that helped is too large to post here, but we want to specifically thank a few groups and individuals who showed up time and again during the trail construction: SIUC Geography Club, SIUC Wildlife Society, Nathan Speagle, Russ Cerocke, Misty McEyla, Matios Kubbs, Lisa Thomas, and Jessica Lagona.

The 124 acre preserve currently has a 1.0 mile trail loop that winds through the woodland, to Pyles Fork Creek, then back to the trailhead at Attucks Park. If you want to visit this site, look for our preserve sign along the east tree line of Attucks Park, off of North Wall Street. A map of all of our site locations can be found on our Nature Preserves/Map page.