Plant Oaks
Whether planted in your yard or at a public park, planting oaks is one of the best things you can do for the local environment.
Buy oaks to plant during TLC’s Spring and Fall Sustainability Sales.
The fall sale runs...
Author: Glenda
TLC Preserves 83 Acres of Wetland, Sedge Meadow and Wet Prairie in Woodstock
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County (TLC) has preserved an 83-acre property, Slough Creek Wetland Bank, located northwest of Woodstock on Jankowski Road.
The parcel lies within the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge and...
A girl, a boy and the land: A family preserves 80 acres
This is the story of Alix Blair and her memories of growing up on her family’s land.
The Blair family placed a conservation easement on their land in Harvard, IL to protect it for life before transferring it to a new owner....
Hawk release at Wolf Oak Woods
Earlier this fall a young red-tailed hawk was found at Wolf Oak Woods that had likely been clipped by a car. She had a concussion and other injuries. Staff from the MCCD Wildlife Rehabilitation Center picked her up and cared...
Congratulations to the 2019 Art of the Land Winning Artists!
Each year one piece of art receives Best in Show and two Honorable Mentions are awarded as well.
Best in Show: Line Dance, Tree Ring Patterns Var. 15 by Barbara Schneider.
Honorable Mention: Grasshopper at the...
Meet TLC Volunteer Mary Mariutto
The best ideas surface when friends meet new friends over coffee. In 2008, Rene Dankert invited me to meet Lisa Haderlein and Linda Balek for coffee and brainstorming to develop a fundraiser for TLC, and Art of the Land was...