Author: Glenda

Betty White Oak

Written on November 16, 2020.

McHenry County’s oldest resident was struck down by the derecho wind on Aug. 10, 2020 (Clockwise from left) An oak seedling thrives in shadow of Betty White Oak, a group of volunteers gives the tree some love, preschoolers...

Couple Makes a Lasting Difference in Preserving Land for Life

Written on November 16, 2020.

Stephanie and Jerry Simon value the preservation of habitat for native plants and wildlife. Stephanie and Jerry Simon on their five-acre property in Harvard. The cause is so important to them they decided to make an...

Splendor in the Grass

Written on August 31, 2020.

After traveling 6,000 miles from Argentina, you make a stop in Alden, Illinois. You are a bobolink, one of the most traveled migratory songbirds in the world, and the only male songbird in North America adorned with the colors...

Just as Nature Intended – Land transitions to monarch habitat

Written on August 31, 2020.

Monarchs and other pollinator species add beauty, interest, and we depend on them for the work they to do to sustain our local ecosystems. Because of this, in 2017 and 2018 TLC joined a coalition of 12 public and private...

Have flooding? Use native plants!

Written on August 31, 2020.

We’ve all seen the pictures: muddy floodwaters creeping to the doorsteps of homes around the country. Fox River flooding for one month in May 2020, covering the Thelins’ sedge meadow. As global warming leads to increasing...

Tree and Shrub Identification video – Part 2

Written on July 2, 2020.