• Westwood Park Restoration Workday – Volunteers Welcome!

    Westwood Park 1529 Hillside Trail, Woodstock, IL

    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. […]

  • Main Stay Restoration Workday

    Main Stay Therapeutic Farm 6919 Keystone Rd., Richmond, IL

    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 […]

  • New Year’s Eve Oak Rescue

    Thousand Oaks 9468 Bellaire Ln., Spring Grove, IL

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Boloria Meadows Restoration Workday

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

    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 […]

  • Native Landscapes for Winter Beauty

    Cary Area Library 1606 Three Oaks Rd., Cary, IL

    Sarah Michehl of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will give winter landscaping tips that show off the beauty of our native grasses, wildflowers and shrubs. She will also share the connection between wildlife and these particular plants. Free, please register at the link to attend.Photo: Cheryl Magrini, 2025