Tag: McHenry County

TLC reaches milestone in 5000 Acre Challenge

Written on June 3, 2020.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is pleased to announce that since the launch of the 5000 Acre Challenge in late January, private landowners and municipalities have increased the total to over 4,000 acres of oak...

Video: A look at TLC’s accomplishments in agriculture in 2019

Written on January 16, 2020.

As we look back on 2019, we thank Food:Land:Opportunity for their generous support of our work to promote local food farmers and regenerative farming in McHenry County. The video below provides a snapshot of what was...

TLC Preserves 83 Acres of Wetland, Sedge Meadow and Wet Prairie in Woodstock

Written on December 27, 2019.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County (TLC) has preserved an 83-acre property, Slough Creek Wetland Bank, located northwest of Woodstock on Jankowski Road. The parcel lies within the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge...

Hawk release at Wolf Oak Woods

Written on December 6, 2019.

Earlier this fall a young red-tailed hawk was found at Wolf Oak Woods that had likely been clipped by a car. She had a concussion and other injuries. Staff from the MCCD Wildlife Rehabilitation Center picked her up and...

Meet TLC Volunteer Mary Mariutto

Written on November 4, 2019.

The best ideas surface when friends meet new friends over coffee. In 2008, Rene Dankert invited me to meet Lisa Haderlein and Linda Balek for coffee and brainstorming to develop a fundraiser for TLC, and Art of the Land...

Fog Season

Written on November 4, 2016.

“The fog comes on little cat feet” wrote Illinois poet Carl Sandburg in 1916 as he watched the fog roll in at the Lake Michigan shore in Chicago. The next line, “It sits looking over harbor and city on...