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WHAT YOU CAN DO

Attend one of our community awareness meetings.

Click here to sign our petition opposing restoration practices.

Contact your local officials:
For concerns regarding North Park Village Nature Center, contact Mayor Daley, Alderman Laurino or your own alderman and Park District Superintendent Tim Mitchell.
For concerns regarding Cook County forest preserves, contact President Todd Stroger, your commissioner, your alderman and Mayor Daley.
 


 


  

 

Determine your commissioner by
looking at the district on your voter registration card:

District 9: Peter Silvestri
(773) 774-8554
cookcty9@aol.com

District 10: Mike Quigley
(773) 935-1010
commquigley@aol.com

District 12: Forrest Claypool
(773) 832-4642
commissioner@forrestclaypool.com

District 13: Larry Suffredin
(847) 864-1209
lsuffredin@cookcountygov.com

Choose your alderman:

39th Ward: Margaret Laurino
(773) 736-5594
ward39@cityofchicago.org

40th Ward: Patrick J. O'Connor
(773) 769-1140
ward40@cityofchicago.org

50th Ward: Bernard L. Stone
(773) 764-5050
bstone@cityofchicago.org

41st Ward: Brian G. Doherty
(773) 792-1991
bdoherty@cityofchicago.org

45th Ward: Patrick J. Levar
(773) 545-2545
plevar@cityofchicago.org

 

Mayor Richard M. Daley
(312) 744-3300

Cook County Board President
Todd Stroger
(312) 603-6400

Chicago Park District Superintendent
Tim Mitchell
(312) 742-4200 timothy.mitchell@chicagoparkdistrict.com
  
 
In response to public outcry about restoration practices, aldermen Laurino, Levar and Doherty have introduced an ordinance that would prohibit open burning on Cook County forest preserve sites within city limits. Please contact committee members listed below to voice your support for this ordinance.  

 

19th Ward: Virginia A. Rugai
Committee Chairman
(312) 744-3072
vrugai@cityofchicago.org

37th Ward: Emma Mitts
Committee Vice-Chairman
(312) 744-8019
emitts@cityofchicago.org

1st Ward: Manuel Flores
(312) 744-3063
ward01@cityofchicago.org

2nd Ward: Robert Fioretti
(312) 744-6836
robert.fioretti@cityofchicago.org

 

4th Ward: Toni Preckwinkle
(312) 744-2690
tpreckwinkle@cityofchicago.org

5th Ward: Leslie Hairston
(312) 744-6832
lhairston@cityofchicago.org

9th Ward: Anthony Beale
(312) 744-6838
abeale@cityofchicago.org

10th Ward: John A. Pope
(312) 744-3078
jpope@cityofchicago.org

14th Ward: Edward M. Burke
(312) 744-3380
eburke@cityofchicago.org

 

16th Ward: JoAnn Thompson
(312) 744-3069
joann.thompson@cityofchicago.org

23rd Ward: Michael R. Zalewski
(312) 744-6828
mzalewski@cityofchicago.org

26th Ward: Billy Ocasio
(312) 744-6853
bocasio@cityofchicago.org

34th Ward: Carrie M. Austin
(312) 744-6820
caustin@cityofchicago.org

49th Ward: Joe Moore
(312) 744-3067
jmoore@cityofchicago.org