Westwood is a Woodstock owned Illinois Nature Preserve buffer and serves as a ‘protective’ zone that helps slow the spread of invasive species into Yonder Prairie. Come join us this […]

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 […]

THIS WORKDAY IS CANCELED - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. Westwood is a Woodstock owned Illinois Nature Preserve buffer and serves as a ‘protective’ zone that helps slow the spread […]

Westwood is a Woodstock owned Illinois Nature Preserve buffer and serves as a ‘protective’ zone that helps slow the spread of invasive species into Yonder Prairie. Come join us this […]

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 […]

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 […]

First we will be working on the trail near the house to remove some trees fallen on the trail and some young honeysuckle. Then we'll take a lovely (less than […]

We’ll be restoring the area surrounding the pond as part of our project to restore habitat on Illinois Nature Preserves sites funded by the State through the NASA grant. There’s […]

This workday will be spent clearing the trees and brush along the northwest property boundary where we spent that fateful day on New Year’s Day. The long term goal for […]

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 […]

Join site steward Pete for a wonderful Wolf Oak reunion! Rather than our typical brushing workday we'll be hand pulling garlic mustard that is popping up amongst the spring ephemerals […]