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The Seeds of Vandana Shiva – Free Film Screening

McHenry County College Luecht Auditorium 8900 US 14, Crystal Lake, IL

How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become Monsanto’s worst nightmare? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, how she stood up to the corporate Goliaths of industrial agriculture, rose to prominence in the ecological food movement, and is inspiring an international crusade for change. […]

Birds, Bees and Butterflies: Plant Your Own Pollinator Garden

Algonquin Area Public Library 2600 Harnish Dr., Algonquin, IL

Learn how to attract monarch butterflies and other butterflies, birds and bees to your yard. Join us for easy tips and information on gardening with native plant communities that will provide beauty and everything a pollinator could need. This event is in-person and open to anyone who would like to attend.  

Crowley Oaks Restoration Workday

Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

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 […]

TLC’s 32nd Annual Celebration

McHenry Country Club 820 N. John St., McHenry, IL, United States

New date, time and location! Get ready to welcome spring with an afternoon high tea, visit with friends old and new and celebrate the people, places and achievements that make TLC the vital organization it is. Top it all off with an inspiring presentation by Cindy Crosby on The Tallgrass Prairie in Popular Culture! Date: Sunday, […]

$45 – $70

Westwood Conservation Area Restoration Workday

Westwood Park 1599 Hillside Trail, Woodstock, IL

Join us for one of our last workdays at Westwood before the summer hits. Sadly, one of the oaks came down last week and is obstructing the trail so we'll be working clearing the path and cleaning buckthorn stragglers that we might have missed. Directions: From Woodstock, take South Street southwest out of town and over 14. After […]

Crowley Oaks Restoration Workday

Crowley Oaks Woods 18725 Crowley Rd., Harvard, IL

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 […]

Irish Oaks Restoration Workday

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

We have to take a break from Crowley for a little while so we're going to be switching to Irish Oaks to make up for some of the bad weather days we've had lately. We'll be revisiting an area near the pond on the west end of the property to work on removing the buckthorn and […]

Final Friday Restoration Workday with Kim

Christiansen Conservation Easement 1312 S. Fleming Rd., Woodstock, IL

It's time for our "Final" Friday brush clearing event with Kim!!! We'll be taking out invasive honeysuckle and oriental bittersweet along the property boundaries. Directions: When you turn off of Fleming road the driveway splits into 4; take the second driveway from the left. Park along the circle driveway by the house. Nearest address: 1312 S. Fleming Rd. […]

Al Van Maren Woods Restoration Workday

Van Maren Woods 20202 Lembcke Rd., Harvard, IL

This property is part of a 93 acre continuous stretch of woodland preserved by Al Van Maren and MCCD - formerly known as Community Research Forest. As we've cleared away the invasive brush much of the ground layer seems eager to rebound with native species that have been dormant in the seed bank. We'll meet […]

Vernal Pool Hike

Harvard, IL Harvard, IL

Vernal pools are a little known but extremely important feature that occurs in our McHenry County oak woods. Come learn why these pools are essential for amphibians and other creatures, like fairy shrimp! Dress to get muddy and dirty. Signs will be posted for parking. Date: Saturday, April 29, 10-11:30 a.m. Location: Harvard (registered participants […]

$5

Westwood Conservation Area Restoration Workday

Westwood Park 1599 Hillside Trail, Woodstock, IL

Join the exceptionally cool David Ducci for one of our last workdays at Westwood before the summer hits. A local boy scouts troop will be joining us so we could use more sawyers this day to keep all of those extra hands busy! Directions: From Woodstock, take South Street southwest out of town and over 14. After you […]

Slough Creek Wetland Bank Restoration Workday

Slough Creek 13017 Jankowski Rd., Woodstock, IL

Come check out a new(ish) TLC site! Slough Creek Wetland is approximately 83 acres of wetland, sedge meadow and wet prairie located in the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge corridore and adjacent to Slough Creek Fen Nature Reserve. This site was donated to us in 2020 and it's time to begin the radical restoration transformation! There's also a […]