Join Kim at Thousand Oaks for another Final Friday! This site is in need of some brush clearing since shade-loving trees like cherry, and invasive species like buckthorn and honeysuckle have filled in over the years and are crowding out other important native species. Nearest address: 9460 Bellaire Ln Spring Grove IL Pin: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HV6pDvJmQUkeqmk87
Join our Caroline, your Fearless Weeder, for a different kind of workday at one of Woodstock's beautiful natural areas! For this event we'll be going after an invasive that inhabits many of our woodlands and tends to outcompete our native spring ephemerals. Can you guess what it is?? Yep, GARLIC MUSTARD! Boo-hiss. The main task […]
Join Larry for another restoration adventure at Crowley Oak Woods! Restoration has been occurring on this 80 acre tract since the winter of 2020 and we're making excellent progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We conducted our first prescribed burn here this spring and the ground layer has responded in a really positive way! We'll […]
It’s about that time again to show some love to the small but remarkable Concannon Conservation Area! For this workday we'll be clearing brush towards the back of the site closer to the small pond. Last year we cleared brush away from the edges of the woods making room for the ephemeral patches to spread out […]
These workdays are hosted by our extraordinary steward, Margee Pieper, who has been a vital part of the successes at this site. Under her thoughtful leadership, the history and beauty of Irish oaks is finally revealed for everyone to enjoy. Location for this workday is yet to be determined but if it's not too hot we'll probably be working to clear the […]
Join Bruce Killips at Thompson Road Farm for a day of woodland restoration! TLC partnered with Bull Valley to purchase and protect this property as a natural area. It's made up of mostly wet sedge meadow and woodland habitats that are in need of invasive management. The oak woods is roughly 35 acres and heavily infested with buckthorn, honeysuckle and bittersweet but many […]
Join Larry for another restoration adventure at Crowley Oak Woods! Restoration has been occurring on this 80 acre tract since the winter of 2020 and we're making excellent progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We conducted our first prescribed burn here this spring and the ground layer has responded in a really positive way! We'll […]
WORKDAY CANCELLED TLC is partnering with Friends of Cold Springs Park to help them get their restoration efforts off the ground! The property is primarily made up of sedge meadow and wet prairies with sections of degraded woodlands as well. This once large, open wet grassland has been artificially drained to varying degrees and heavily […]
Join Larry for another restoration adventure at Crowley Oak Woods! Restoration has been occurring on this 80 acre tract since the winter of 2020 and we're making excellent progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We conducted our first prescribed burn here this spring and the ground layer has responded in a really positive way! We'll […]
As the growing season gets underway, now’s the time to strike at malignant weeds that threaten wetland biodiversity. Top of the list at Kish Fen are reed canary grass, purple loosestrife, and broadleaved cattails. We’ll discuss various management techniques and determine the best fit for various parts of the preserve, based on ground conditions. B.Y.O.S. […]
Join TLC for our first restoration workday at one of our newest sites, Queen Anne Prairie Cemetery! TLC recently acquired this property which has a lot of facinating history attached to it. Be sure to check out the article in our latest newsletter for the details! Designated a burial site over one hundred years ago, […]
Come on back to Wolf Oak and join Pete, your Fearless Weeder, for a wonderful Wolf Oak reunion! Rather than a typical brushing workday we'll be hand pulling garlic mustard that is popping up amongst the spring ephemerals that are blooming. Garlic mustard is an aggressive biennial plant which means it completes its life cycle […]
