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. […]
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 […]
Date: Thursday, Dec. 16, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Fee: Free, no registration required
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Volunteers are needed at Donato Conservation Area, an amazing woodland right in the middle of Woodstock! This isn't just any woods-it's full of beautiful spring wildflowers, ferns and a vast diversity of native plants unrivaled by most woodlands in town! In this woodland, volunteers are needed to remove invasive species that prohibit the growth of native […]
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 […]
Do you want some practical tips on how to rid your property of invasive tree species such as buckthorn and honeysuckle? Join Sarah Michehl from TLC to learn how to control these invasive species. She will also provide native tree and shrub replacement recommendations. Date: Thursday, Jan. 5, Noon-1:00 p.m. Fee: Free, registration opens soon
Last year we focused on the west half of Ryder’s, so this year we’ll be working mostly in the eastern areas. 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 Rd. or to the east of the police station […]
