Author: Glenda

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...

Refer a Friend and Get a Cool TLC Gift!

Written on December 13, 2023.

Thank you for being a member of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County! When you refer a non-member friend to TLC, we will send you your choice of a 2024 TLC calendar or a pack of note cards depicting beautiful spaces preserved...

Vote for TLC’s Bitter Beaver Beer in MobCraft Brewing Voting

Written on December 11, 2023.

Here’s a fun one! MobCraft Beer Woodstock takes votes on crowdsourced beers. TLC has nominated the Bitter Beaver beer, a Double IPA infused with elderberry and native hops. If the Bitter Beaver receives the most votes,...

Inspiring Gift Helps Preserve Land for Life

Written on December 5, 2023.

Earlier this year, Ted Thornton made a $50,000 donation to TLC in memory of his wife Judy, who passed away in early 2020. Ted and Judy were fixtures in the local environmental community for decades, especially the Environmental...

In memory of Lou Emmons

Written on November 29, 2023.

TLC member Betty Lou Emmons passed away on Nov. 6, 2023. You can read more about her remarkable life here. As requested by her family, if you would like to make a donation to TLC in Lou’s memory, you can do so here. Lou...