Before the holiday rush, join certified forest bathing guide Cathy McCauley for a quiet, grounding sensory walk through the woods. Through a series of gentle invitations, you’ll be encouraged to slow down, engage your senses, and connect with the natural world as you explore the woods and the pond’s edge. This relaxed walk unfolds at […]
Join us for Common Ground, the only farmland access gathering in northern Illinois! At this unique educational and social event, farmers, landowners, and supporters come together to gain practical skills, brainstorm creative solutions, share success stories, and build community. Our shared goal is to see local farmers thrive, and that begins with land access. Common […]
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 […]
Wintertime is owling time! Join us for an owl prowl where we will look and listen for owls. We will primarily be listening for owls, and if lucky, we may […]
Join us for a morning of brush clearing fun at one of Woodstock’s many beautiful natural areas! This is a special little spot in the heart of Woodstock, though few people […]
Cancelled due to the cold weather. It's the time of year when workdays at Boloria Meadows resume! Join Dennis this Saturday morning for a workday in the new addition to the Nature Preserve. The workday will focus on clearing brush along the head water stream near Ridge Road. Directions: From the intersection of IL 31 and […]
Located within the Boone Creek Watershed, 56.5-acre Boloria Meadows Nature Preserve is home to fen, sedge meadow, and wet prairie communities, as well as Oak/Hickory woodlands. Join Dennis this Saturday morning for a workday in the new addition to the Nature Preserve! The workday will focus on clearing brush from the woodland south of the stream […]
Cancelled due to the cold weather. Join Bruce Killips at Thompson Road Preserve 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 […]
Westwood is a Woodstock-owned Illinois Nature Preserve buffer rich with native plants and also serves as a protective zone that helps slow the spread of invasive species into Yonder Prairie. Come join us this Tuesday as we continue to clear Buckthorn and Honeysuckle on the upland "island" in the middle of the wetland south of […]
Join Kathryn, our new Land Preservation Specialist, as she brings back Final Friday workdays at the Main Stay Therapeutic Farm in Richmond! This almost 40 acre picturesque easement is home to a Therapeutic Horse Farm as well as an Oak Savanna. The workday will consist of clearing invasive brush from under the Oaks. *Note* All volunteers will […]
Get your New Year’s Eve off to a great start by helping out at an oak rescue in beautiful McHenry County, where we will work to rescue a mighty oak tree! What is an oak rescue? It’s an opportunity for people to work together to free an old oak tree from the brush that surrounds […]
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 […]
