Author: Glenda

Meet TLC Board Member Kurt Taylor

Written on January 25, 2024.

How do you spend your days? (work, volunteering, etc.) I still work, but I own the company and have time to volunteer and do what I’d like to do most days. I’m also on the Bunker Hill Farms charity board as the acting treasurer. What...

Learn to Burn March 23

Written on January 22, 2024.

Join TLC to learn how to use fire to manage prairies, wetlands and woodlands safely. The class will be inside and outside so dress appropriately. Safety equipment will be provided. Please bring lunch and water. Date: Saturday,...

Gardening with Native Trees and Shrubs Webinar March 14

Written on January 22, 2024.

Native trees and shrubs provide year-round beauty as well as food and nesting habitat for birds and pollinators. Join TLC’s Sarah Michehl for some favorite native trees and shrubs appropriate for the home landscape. The program...

Stakeholder Notification/Public Notice

Written on January 11, 2024.

The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. The Land Conservancy of McHenry County...

New Year’s Eve Oak Rescue – Thank You!

Written on January 2, 2024.

Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who celebrated New Year’s Eve with an Oak Rescue at Thompson Road Farm in Bull Valley! This fabulous group of volunteers and staff cleared nearly 1/2 acre of invasives in a few...

Forty Acres of a Former Boy Scout Camp Preserved for Life in Woodstock

Written on January 2, 2024.

In 1993, Hugh and Marlene Frisbie purchased farmland outside of Woodstock where they built their home, raised their children, opened a plant nursery and began restoring the farm fields to native prairie, wetland and woodland...