LaBagh Woods

One of Chicago's wildest places, LaBagh Woods in located on the Upper North Branch of the Chicago River on city's Northwest Side. In this episode Liza Lehrer, Assistant Director, Urban Wildlife Institute and Chicago Lead at the Urban Wildlife Information Network, discusses the Chicago region's native bats species that like the river-edge places such as LaBagh Woods. Lehrer also discusses the work being done to protect bats that are unfortunately at conservation risk. Annette Anderson, Friends' volunteer and events coordinator, and Aqsa Ali, Friends' project planner, discuss the important work of volunteers in restoring special forest preserve sites along the Chicago and Calumet Rivers.