Habitat Management
Prairie Restoration
We have undertaken numerous plantings from small plantings to major prairie restorations at locations throughout the Park District. In the spring we use controlled burns as our primary tool for prairie management. 
Watch a video of a prairie burn at Crow-Hassan Park Reserve.
Each fall, Three Rivers volunteers assist in the collection of prairie seeds for future restoration projects. The largest and most complete prairie is in Crow-Hassan Park Reserve. Other prairie restorations efforts can be found in Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve and Hyland Lake Park Reserve.
Old Field Management
Most of the former agricultural fields within the Park District are being planted with trees or encouraged to succeed naturally to forests; however, some open fields are maintained for wildlife purposes. As fields gradually revert back to forests, these preserved fields will become increasingly important to provide habitat for open-area and edge-dwelling wildlife species.
Wetland Restoration
Early settlers drained most of the wetlands that were once present here. Consequently, many of the wetlands you see today are the result of Three Rivers restoration efforts. Some of the top restored wetland locations for viewing wildlife in the Park District are the King Marsh in Carver Park Reserve, Kasma Marsh in Lake Rebecca Park Reserve and North Twin Marsh in Crow-Hassan Park Reserve.
Woodland Management
Three Rivers Park District Forestry Management is responsible for much of the woodland management and restoration efforts implemented to create habitat for the woodland wildlife found here.
