Looking for a unique gift? Want to support TLC? Order a 2025 calendar featuring stunning photos from our amateur photo contest! Calendars are $20 each, shipping included, or you can arrange to pick up at the TLC office. Order...

Thank you! Thank you to all who contributed or spread the word about TLC on Giving Tuesday! You helped us raise $8,000 + $6,000 in matching funds for a total of $14,000 to preserve land for life right here in McHenry County.  On...

The food forest has trees! In October, the Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture class from College of Lake County volunteered to plant over 40 trees and shrubs in a habitat buffer along the southern edge of the food forest....

Bull Valley Landowner Preserves Farm Forever Karen Strano was living in Chicago when she and husband Brian decided to move to the country. That was in 1987. They found a farm near Woodstock, on Greenwood Road. It included...

The Treemendous Story of Project Quercus Dave Zeiger, TLC’s Oak Conservation Outreach Specialist, reflects on 10 years of planting oaks Dave Zeiger planted trees with TLC’s CLIP interns in 2023. Over the last 10 years,...