This workday meets on the second Saturday of the month. Dennis Dreher is our dedicated steward leading these workdays and has been helping to breathe life back into this incredible site since 2006. Come check out all of the wonderful features this site has to offer and give Dennis a hand recovering the dormant beauty […]
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 […]
Enjoy the work of fine artists and skilled artisans who are inspired by the local landscape to create unique works of art. 30% of all art sales support TLC’s land preservation work in McHenry County. The show takes place at the beautiful Starline Factory in Harvard, a work of art in itself! Art of the […]
Come on out for this TLC restoration workday at our gorgeous Yonder Prairie! This workday is hosted by two cool lady stewards, Carol Giammattei and Melissa Grycan. Thanks to their selfless devotion to the site, Yonder is looking more and more like the natural landscape it once was. Don't miss this opportunity to see Yonder while the bees are buzzing and flowers are blooming! You’ll meet up […]
Enjoy the work of fine artists and skilled artisans who are inspired by the local landscape to create unique works of art. 30% of all art sales support TLC’s land preservation work in McHenry County. The show takes place at the beautiful Starline Factory in Harvard, a work of art in itself! Art of 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 […]
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 […]
Join Kim for a workday at one of our Conservation Easements in Chemung! Jack Kaskel has been doing work out there and we will continue those efforts! Cherry, buckthorn and honeysuckle are encroaching on a huge field of blood root and other spring ephemerals. The habitat consists of oak woodland with remnant oak!! Directions: From route […]
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 […]
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 […]
A gathering of farmers and farmland owners. Common Ground features inspiring land access stories and organizations that are engaged in supporting farmers on the land. Farmers and landowners attending will meet new people and have a chance to talk with each other and organizations that can help them with land issues. This will be a learning, networking and casual […]
