Landowner Stories Archives - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County

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...

[email protected] – the Gilbertsens

Written on July 20, 2016.

For three years, Logan and Sophia Gilbertsen have lived at their 103-year old home in downtown Algonquin across the street from the Fox River. Due to their location and Logan’s experiences as a water resource engineer,...

The Power of the Individual

Written on March 1, 2016.

Landowner Chooses to Permanently Restrict Development on Additional 2-1/2 Acres to Protect Creek and Wetlands Kathy Reiland has had a strong conservation ethic most of her life. So, back in 2005 when TLC asked her to donate...

Dr. Shaw’s Prescription for a Healthy Retirement

Written on December 15, 2015.

The next time you are traveling along Route 47 between Woodstock and Hebron, look for a sunlit oak savanna on the east side of the road where the road crosses the Nippersink Creek. The savanna marks the place where the Shaw...

Main Stay Therapeutic Farm

Written on June 26, 2014.

In 2014, two local nonprofit organizations came together in a way that was both unusual and profound when Main Stay Therapeutic Farm donated a permanent conservation easement on its 40-acre center near Richmond to The Land...

Woodson Conservation Area – Oaks preserved!

Written on March 7, 2014.

TLC first met Judy Woodson when she invited Oak Keepers to her property in 2008. It was the first year Oak Keepers began visiting private landowners with remnant oak woodlands. Judy’s land was one of the first...

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