Come join us for a brush clearing workday at Windy Knoll! This site holds a thriving mix of wetland and prairie plant species that in turn support a wide diversity of animals and insects. There will be lots of American plum to watch out for as we make our way through the thicket. We want […]
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 […]
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 […]
¡Celebra la Semana de conservación latina junto con TLC con una caminata y observación de arroyos!
Join TLC to celebrate Latino Conservation Week with a Hike and Stream Watch!
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 […]
Gateway is looking really spectacular with the woodlands opened up from our last couple of workdays here but there's still a lot of shade loving trees that need to be removed. For this workday we'll continue to remove black walnuts from around the southern grove of oaks to expand the area where the prairie transitions […]
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 at the edge of […]
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 […]
For this workday we’ll continue working on the southeast section of woods. There's still a lot of buckthorn, bittersweet, and honeysuckle in this area along with a new foe called porcelain berry. It's a vining invasive and has a destructive tendency to climb and slowly choke any vegetation it comes into contact with so it's important to stop its […]
For this workday you'll be hanging out with Kim and our CLIPterns removing invasive brush from a beautiful oak savanna located in the subdivision of Thousand Oaks. We'll be working close to the road so you can park on Bellaire lane and walk on over. Directions: From the intersection of route 47 and 120 head northeast […]
This Learning Circle will focus on topics such as rotational grazing, land access and family farming. During this session we will also visit Wanda Farm in Harvard, Illinois. Fee: $5 per person. Please register here.
