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Walk with U

Walk with U

Event Type
Health/Fitness
Sponsor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Location
Pecatonica Forest Preserve, 7260 Judd Rd., Pecatonica
Date
Nov 4, 2023   9:00 am  
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Originating Calendar
Rockford Event Calendar

Students, staff, faculty and the community are invited to hear some health tips and then take a walk along the recreation path at Pecatonica Forest Preserve, 7260 Judd Rd., Pecatonica (No dogs please). Meet at parking lot – High View Shelter House. 

An Illinois Dedicated Nature Preserve & one of the few spots in the county to have a mature black maple forest. Contains vast restored prairies, floodplain woods, oxbow ponds, and extensive river access. Home to pileated woodpeckers & bald eagles along the river.

1.5-mile walk: Mowed grass loop around the Nature Preserve, easy to moderate walking.

Dr. Thomas Schiller, a UICOMR clinical assistant professor and UW Health family medicine physician, will give some health tips and lead this walk.

Register onsite (free) 

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