IPPc Membership Form


Become a Member of The Illinois Prairie Path
a not-for-profit Corporation



The Illinois Prairie Path Corporation is a private not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation which is financially funded solely from donations made by its members. Members recieve the IPPc newsletter and one multi-colored IPPc trailmap. In addition, tax-deductible contributions will be used by the PATH's all-volunteer board of directors to:

  • Preserve, restore, and re-establish prairies along the trail. The IPPc spends thousands of dollars each year towards this effort alone.
  • Preserve open space. Our successful effort to protect the 8.3 acres adjacent to the Path near Glen Ellyn is one example.
  • Sponsor Eagle Scout projects to construct amenities along the Path. Many of the guardrails over streams, new benches, and erosion control barriers were installed, replaced or repaired this way.
  • Place and maintain trash containers and a comfort station along the trail.
  • Install and repair display cases, mile markers and benches.
  • Coordinate trail cleanups. 1,000 volunteers help with the Path's sponsored annual Earth Day cleanup each April.
  • Support trails. The IPPc makes annual donations to the Conservation Foundation Trails Project and the Illinois Trails Conservancy.
  • Work with municipalities, counties, and the State of Illinois to promote trail safety awareness and improvements.
  • Assisted Maywood and Forest Park with the completion of the new Des Plaines River bridge and Main Stem extension.
  • Help to develop the recently revised DuPage County Trail Maintenance Policy, protecting the natural beauty of the Trail system.


Click here for a list of membership benefits.

To become a member (and get the new $6.00 color map free) mail our application, and your check made payable to ILLINOIS PRAIRIE PATH, to the following address:

Illinois Prairie Path
P.O. Box 1086
Wheaton, IL 60187