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Kishwakee Fen Restoration Workday

Kishwaukee Fen 10010 Palmer Dr., Lakewood, IL

Over the past weeks, we’ve made a huge start and have largely finished our first project at Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve, clearing the brush and small trees that have been slowly suffocating the first of the preserve’s two rare hanging fens. The best time to complete this brush-cutting project is NOW! Later, when there’s snow […]

Wolf Oak Workday

9100 Route 120 Woodstock IL 60098 9100 IL Route 120, Woodstock, IL

Would you like to get outside, meet new people and do something great for our local environment? Here's how you can help: Volunteers assist with cutting, stacking and burning invasive brush to allow native trees and plants to grow! Please bring a pair of work gloves if you have them and wear sturdy boots or […]

Crowley Oaks Restoration Workday

Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

Would you like to get outside, meet new people and do something great for our local environment? Here's how you can help: Volunteers assist with cutting, stacking and burning invasive brush to allow native trees and plants to grow! Please bring a pair of work gloves if you have them and wear sturdy boots or […]

Boloria Meadows Restoration Workday

Boloria Meadows 7219 Millburne Ct., Bull Valley, IL

This is one of a series of fall/winter workdays at Boloria Meadows. Volunteers are needed to work in the recently acquired oak woods at the south end of Boloria Meadows. This area has lots of old white oaks and young hickories waiting to be rescued. As usual, we'll have several burning brush piles going. Please […]

Kishwaukee Fen Restoration Workday

Kishwaukee Fen 10010 Palmer Dr., Lakewood, IL

Over the past weeks, we’ve made a huge start and have largely finished our first project at Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve, clearing the brush and small trees that have been slowly suffocating the first of the preserve’s two rare hanging fens. The best time to complete this brush-cutting project is NOW! Later, when there’s snow […]

Kishwaukee Fen Restoration Workday

Kishwaukee Fen 10010 Palmer Dr., Lakewood, IL

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. […]

Wolf Oak Workday

9100 Route 120 Woodstock IL 60098 9100 IL Route 120, Woodstock, IL

Would you like to get outside, meet new people and do something great for our local environment? Here's how you can help: Volunteers assist with cutting, stacking and burning invasive brush to allow native trees and plants to grow! Please bring a pair of work gloves if you have them and wear sturdy boots or […]

Yonder Prairie Restoration Workday

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

Would you like to get outside, meet new people and do something great for our local environment? Here's how you can help: Volunteers assist with cutting, stacking and burning invasive brush to allow native trees and plants to grow! Please bring a mask and a pair of work gloves if you have them and wear […]

Kishwaukee Fen Restoration Workday

Kishwaukee Fen 10010 Palmer Dr., Lakewood, IL

Over the past weeks, we’ve made a huge start and have largely finished our first project at Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve, clearing the brush and small trees that have been slowly suffocating the first of the preserve’s two rare hanging fens. The best time to complete this brush-cutting project is NOW! Later, when there’s snow […]

Ryder’s Woods Restoration Workday

561 Fremont St. Woodstock, IL 60098 561 Fremont St., Woodstock, IL

Last year we focused on the west half of Ryder’s so this year we’ll be working mostly in the eastern areas. For Wednesday we’ve started clearing brush in the back SE corner across from Dick Tracy Park and the police station. Feel free to park along Dick Tracy R d. or to the east of […]

New Year’s Eve Oak Rescue

Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

Get your New Year’s Eve off to a great start by helping out at an oak rescue in beautiful McHenry County! 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 cut the brush with saws while others […]