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 great progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We've still got the cooler weather this week which always makes these days even more enjoyable. […]
Use those seeds! Join Sarah Michehl from TLC for tips and tricks on how to collect and sow your native plant seeds. This webinar will cover basic seed identification, collection methods and timelines, and tips on how to sow them. Our habitats need all the native plant help they can get, so let’s put those […]
Join Kim at Finch Farm conservation easement for her first fall Final Friday! This site is in need of some brush clearing since shade loving trees like cherry, and invasive species like buckthorn and honeysuckle have filled in over the years and are crowding out other important native species. Directions: From Woodstock, head east on […]
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 of Irish oaks is finally revealed for everyone to enjoy. Directions: From Rt. 14 in Harvard, take Brink St east for 1.7 miles. Turn right […]
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 great progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We've still got the cooler weather this week which always makes these days even more enjoyable. […]
Want to learn to how to use a chainsaw, but don’t know how to get started? Join The Land Conservancy’s Ecologist, Megan Oropeza, and Natural Land Institute’s Director of Stewardship, Zach Grycan, to learn the basics in a hands-on way. Participants will be introduced to protective equipment, basic chainsaw maintenance, and the development of technique […]
It smells like fall, which means it's time to start up our weekend workday at Boloria again! This workday meets on the second Saturday of the month. Dennis Dreher is our dedicated steward leading these workdays and has been helping to breathe life back into this incredible site since 2006. Come check out all of […]
Did you purchase an oak tree for the fall planting? The planting will take place on Oct. 8 at Boloria Meadows Nature Preserve in Bull Valley. You may choose to plant your tree or have it planted by TLC staff and volunteers. All holes will be pre-dug. Your donated memorial/celebration tree will add health to […]
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 great progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We've still got the cooler weather this week which always makes these days even more enjoyable. […]
Let's try this one again since we were unable to follow through with our workday here this past week. This woodland is in really good shape as far as invasives go so now we can continue improvements by thinning out mesic species like walnut and cherry which are still providing excessive amounts of shade in the […]
Open to TLC members, Seed Sharing Day is an annual event organized by TLC and hosted by a number of landowners. This is an opportunity for people to collect and share native seed for their prairie, savannas and wet habitats. Beginners are encouraged to join landowners to collect native plant seed at an assigned site. An […]
Come on out for this TLC restoration workday at our gorgeous Yonder Prairie! This workday is hosted by two cool stewards, Carol Giammattei and Melissa Grycan. Thanks to their selfless devotion to the site, Yonder is the finest it’s been in decades and areas suitable for volunteer workdays are getting harder to come by. Don't […]
Join us with site steward Pete Jackson for another post-victory workday! For this workday we're hoping to have enough folks to split into a couple groups. One group will focus on an overlooked area of brush closer to rt. 120 white the rest of us tackle the resprouts surrounding the parking lot. Please bring loppers if you […]
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 great progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We've still got the cooler weather this week which always makes these days even more enjoyable. […]
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 still some buckthorn and honeysuckle to get through but we're just about finished with this stage of the project! Directions: From Woodstock, take South Street […]
Enjoy s’mores around a bonfire, delicious chili, a guided hike and family nature activities! Come spend an evening in the company of a 300-plus year-old oak tree and learn more about the history of this interesting site that has been preserved for life by TLC. It’s a great way to meet like-minded nature folks in […]
The Village of Bull Valley, the Land Conservancy of McHenry County and the Bull Valley Riding Club invite you to a tour of this remarkable 275-acre property that has been preserved through a public-private partnership at the headwaters of Boone Creek. The property has five miles of equestrian trails that will be opened to the […]
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 great progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We've still got the cooler weather this week which always makes these days even more enjoyable. […]
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 still some buckthorn and honeysuckle to get through but we're just about finished with this stage of the project! Directions: From Woodstock, take South Street […]
The Lakowski Easement (0.75 acres) is one of our smallest, but most diverse easements at TLC. Neighboring The Hollows, the Lakowski Easement provides key woodland habitat for the local plants and animals. For this workday, Debbie (landowner) needs some help with: 1) clearing some trees that were downed in a storm 2) clearing invasive brush […]
***Please note this workday may be cancelled if conditions are right for prescribed burning*** 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 great progress clearing the brush from the highest quality areas of the preserve. We've still […]
*** Please note this workday may be cancelled if conditions are right for prescribed burning *** 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. We've got buckthorn and other wily exotics taking refuge amongst some downed trees […]
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 of Irish oaks is finally revealed for everyone to enjoy. Directions: From Rt. 14 in Harvard, take Brink St east for 1.7 miles. Turn right […]