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  • A group of people in protective gear at a controlled burn.

    Learn to Burn

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

    Join TLC to learn how to use fire to manage prairies, wetlands and woodlands safely. The class will be inside and outside, where we will do a prescribed burn if […]

    $35 – $50

  • Lines of Light: A Forest Bathing Walk with Spring Poetry

    Irish Oaks Nature Preserve 19017 Lincoln Rd., Harvard, IL

    Celebrate the spring equinox with ANFT-certified forest therapy guide Cathy McCauley at Irish Oaks Savannah Nature Preserve in Harvard. This two-hour forest bathing walk invites participants to slow down and […]

    $30
  • A woodcock on the gound

    Dance of the Woodcock

    Yonder Prairie 1143 S. Rosefarm Rd., Woodstock, IL, United States

    Join us as we watch American Woodcocks performing their amazing courtship flights. These odd shorebirds put on their “sky dance” starting in early spring, where the male woodcocks will make […]

    Free
  • Skunk cabbage in early spring

    Skunk Cabbage Walk

    Boloria Meadows 7219 Millburne Ct., Bull Valley, IL, United States

    One of (if not the) earliest blooming wildflowers in Northern IL, skunk cabbage is weird, beautiful and smelly! Join us for a fairly level and slower-paced walk on a mowed […]

  • Photo of a man in a cornfield

    Documentary Nuestras Historias (Our Stories) Sneak Preview

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

    Raices Latinas: Agriculture in McHenry County mission is to honor the valuable contributions of the Latino community to McHenry County’s rich agricultural history through education, collaboration, storytelling, and celebratory events. […]

  • A group posing for a photo in the woods

    Crowley Oaks Woods Restoration Workday

    Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

    Join us for the Wednesday workday tradition on this 80-acre site that steward Larry Fetzer has faithfully hosted for so many years! We'll be continuing to clear under the pines southwest of the central wetland to allow more light to reach the understory and encourage native plants and new oaks to grow. We'll meet near […]