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Westwood Park Restoration Workday

Westwood Park 1599 Hillside Trail, Woodstock, IL

Join us for another winter workday at this beautiful woodstock conservation area! This lovely park adjoins our Yonder property and is also open to the public. We hope to start working on the small island of oaks along the stream we cleared out last year! Directions: From Woodstock, take South Street southwest out of town and […]

Crowley Oaks Restoration Workday

Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

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 […]

Ryders Woods Restoration Workday

Ryder's Woods 750 Kimball Ave., Woodstock, IL

There's still some dense clusters of buckthorn and honeysuckle in the area we've been working near Dick Tracy Park so we'll park over there again and continue chipping away! Directions: From the intersection of 14 and 47, head north on 47, left on Lake Ave, and left on Dick Tracy Way and park along the […]

Native Trees and Shrubs for the Home Landscape Webinar

Webinar

Native trees and shrubs provide year-round beauty as well as food and nesting habitat for birds and pollinators. Join TLC’s Sarah Michehl for some favorite native trees and shrubs appropriate for the home landscape. We will cover foundation plantings, privacy hedgerows and species to feature in your landscape. A recording of the webinar will be […]

Yonder Prairie Restoration Workday

Yonder Prairie 1100 S. Rose Farm Rd., Woodstock, IL

Come on out for this TLC restoration workday at our gorgeous Yonder Prairie! This workday is hosted by two cool stewards, Carol Giammattei and Melissa Grycan. Thanks to their selfless devotion to the site, Yonder is the finest it’s been in decades and areas suitable for volunteer workdays are getting harder to come by. Don't […]

York Conservation Area Restoration Workday

York Conservation Area 6016 Giant Oaks Rd., Wonder Lake, IL

This small, 2.5 acre site was donated to The Land Conservancy in 2011. Although 2.5 acres isn't much size, it's directly adjacent to a high quality wetland complex which is adjacent to our Tryon Creek Woods site! Our property is an overgrown woodland with several giant white oaks and many smaller shagbark hickory. This workday […]

Crowley Oaks Restoration Workday

Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

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 […]

Learn to Burn

Hennen Conservation Area 4622 Dean St., Woodstock, IL, United States

Learn how to use fire to manage prairies, wetlands and woodlands safely. Class will take place both indoors and outdoors, so dress appropriately. Safety equipment will be provided. Please bring lunch and water. This class is limited to 15 participants, so register early! Date: Saturday, March 25, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Location: Hennen Conservation Area, 4622 […]

Westwood Conservation Area Restoration Workday

Westwood Park 1599 Hillside Trail, Woodstock, IL

Join the exceptionally cool David Ducci for a wintery workday at Westwood! Last year we received funds through the state of Illinois’ Natural Areas Stewardship Grant to remove invasive species and introduce native seeds in a section of this Illinois Nature Preserve Buffer. Directions: From Woodstock, take South Street southwest out of town and over 14. […]

Crowley Oaks Restoration Workday

Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

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 […]

The Dance of the Woodcock

Hennen Conservation Area 4622 Dean St., Woodstock, IL, United States

Spring is here! Join us as we attempt to witness American woodcocks perform their amazing courtship flights. The male woodcocks will make several preent calls and then launch themselves into the sky. While they are flying up, you can hear the wind whistling through their feathers. They descend in a zigzag pattern while making a […]

Raices Latinas: Agriculture in McHenry County

Woodstock Opera House 121 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock, IL

Raices Latinas: Agriculture in McHenry County is a new project that is having its debut event on Thursday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 W Van Buren Street, Woodstock, Il. A reception with refreshments begins at 5:30 p.m. The event will feature the documentary film Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero […]