Author: Glenda

A great day for an Oak Rescue

Written on January 3, 2022.

TLC hosted an Oak Rescue on New Year’s Eve at Crowley Oaks Woods in Harvard. What is an oak rescue? It’s an opportunity for people to work together to free an old oak tree from the brush that surrounds it. Some people...

Thank you for supporting McHenry County’s future conservation leaders on Giving Tuesday

Written on November 29, 2021.

Thank you! Because of your generosity we raised over $1900 for the CLIP program to be used in 2022. Learn more about the program here. You can help support the future of conservation on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021! Gifts...

Congratulations to the Art of the Land award winners!

Written on November 22, 2021.

Best in Show – Patti Stricker, Hail Kale Honorable Mention, Peek-a-Boo, Gerard Bauer Honorable Mention, Around the Bend, Eric Larson

Congratulations to the 2021 Art of the Land photo contest winners

Written on November 22, 2021.

First Place, Jay Florian, Boloria Meadows The judges liked the whimsical quality of the photograph and its beautiful background. They said it was well seen by the photographer, and they noted the good detail on the bird. Second...

An Eagle Scout project update

Written on November 3, 2021.

Jack Newton led Boy Scout Troop 149 in building a bridge at TLC’s Boloria Meadows in September for his Eagle Scout project. In addition, the bridge on the left will be refurbished as art of a different service project...

A community food forest grows in Woodstock

Written on November 3, 2021.

The Land Conservancy recently began a new project, a community food forest, on a small portion of farmland on Dean Street, just north of TLC’s office in rural Woodstock. This nine-acre field had been conventionally farmed for...