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...

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...

TLC dedicated a workday to our friend, the late Al Van Maren on Sunday, Oct. 31. Friends and family of Al Van Maren spent time clearing brush in his oak woods. It was a fun but bittersweet day. We miss you Al. There will be...

Each fall TLC hosts a native plant Seed Sharing Day in McHenry County. Sharing native plant seeds with others is a great way to get more native plants growing in home landscapes, which is why TLC hosts this event each year....

Monday: by Arden Podpora The crew at the TLC office Our last week started with rain, but that didn’t stop us from having a fun day jam-packed with activities. Morning was full of creativity – we got to see how the pressed...

by Sofia Oropeza Chainsaw practice Monday always brings the start of a busy week in the CLIP program, and this week was no different! We started off again with Megan, TLC’s ecologist, on a lesson diving deeper into chainsawing....