Rev 2 April 2022
"To preserve the Emily Schweitzer house and ceate a community center to engage and inspire people to protect the environment and cherish the earth."
How Friends of the Fox River helping our environment?
Volunteers built a Bee Sanctuary and recording area plants and insects.
What is Bee Sanctuary?
Native bees can find their food in a
habitat with variety of native plants.
There are 27 native flowers planted for bees
and other insects (butterflies) to visit for food.
Schweitzer Woods History
How did Schweitzer Woods became reality?
Pages and images are for the viewers pleasure and are not to be copied or reproduced without permission from Friends of the Fox River,
PO Box 5634, Elgin, Illinois 60121 p 815-356-6605
or Webmaster 815-355-4248
"Links contained in this file to information provided by other organizations are present as a service and niether constitute nor imply endorsement or warranty.
Kane County Forest Preserve is not connected in any form or way to this website. It was constructed by an individual who wants to share his personal research and
photography of nature.
Contact Webmaster for programs, educational programs
Emily Schweitzer generous donation of the 156 acres for dog park and preservation of native trees and plants. Emily Schweitzer raised 17 champion Irish Setters and many awards for Bench, Field Trials, Gun Dogs and Companion Dogs.
Friends of the Fox River use her residence that was built in 1953 as outreach to the community in preserving the Fox River Watershed and preservation of native plants and trees for the animals of our local area.
dpurn@oldalgonquin.net
815-355-4248
