2026 Chicago Beaver Festival:
Beavers & You: Stream Keepers of Tomorrow
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Presented by:
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Chicago Conservation Corps at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
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Illinois Beaver Alliance
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Illinois Master Naturalists
Interested in Sponsoring or Tabling?
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Beaver Artwork Wanted! (Kids of All Ages)
Volunteer at the Festival
Sponsored by:
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Ecosystem Engineer Level:
Beaver Institute
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Keystone Level:
Forest Preserves of Cook County
Illinois Environmental Council
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Wetland Level
Prairie State Conservation Coalition
​Urban Rivers
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Lodge Level
ILM Environments
The Insect Asylum
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Believer Level
WasteNot Compost
Windy City Bird Lab
Attention Artists of All Ages!
Please help us “decorate” the Chicago Beaver Festival with your creative art projects! FIND OUT MORE!
Exhibitors:​​
​​American Indian Center
Argyll Beaver & Wildlife Visitor Center, Scotland
Beaver Institute
Cathey Gardens
Chicago Architecture Center
Chicago Conservation Corps
Chicago Park District
Chicago Parks Foundation
Chicago Environmentalists
conservation@home
Environment Illinois
Forest Preserves of Cook County
Garfield Park Conservatory
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
Irving Park YMCA Leaders Club
Lincoln Park Conservatory
Mbwakawen Harambee Collective
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Morton Arboretum
Nature Sounds Society
Peggy Lee Franklin
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Prairie State Conservation Coalition
Roots & Shoots-Jane Goodall Institute
Under the Canopy--Illinois Master Naturalists​​
Urban Rivers
Urban Wildlife Institute at the Lincoln Park Zoo
Windy City Bird Lab
We're Looking for Sponsors and Exhibitors to Table and Bring Children's Activities!
Environmental nonprofits and groups:
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Bird advocates
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Pollinator advocates
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Wildlife advocates
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Green infrastructure advocates
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Sustainable and urban agriculture advocates
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Zero waste advocates
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Local and Illinois land trusts
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Water quality advocates
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Environmental justice advocates
Environmental businesses such as native plant nurseries
Local government or quasi-governmental groups
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Forest preserve districts
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Park districts
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Water reclamation districts
Indigenous Tribal communities
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Pay sponsorship fees HERE!​