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Land conservation projects come in all shapes and sizes, and even small properties can be very important – and very complicated! That was the case with a cemetery prairie, a one-acre parcel on Queen Anne Road, north of Woodstock. Jacob...

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is working with the Women, Food and Agriculture Network to raise the profile of women and nonbinary landowners who are champions of on-farm conservation. By sharing their stories, ambassadors...

The Apple Creek Food Forest is the newest venture of TLC’s farm program. The site consists of a five-acre parcel nestled into a larger conservation space located just off of Dean Street, outside of the Apple Creek subdivision...

A beaver is caught in the act of repairing a dam on Dutch Creek at 4:30 a.m. on Valentine’s Day. TLC saw beaver activity on four preserved properties in 2023. Two of the TLC properties with beaver dams and lodges are just 25...

In 1993, Hugh and Marlene Frisbie purchased farmland outside of Woodstock where they built their home, raised their children, opened a plant nursery and began restoring the farm fields to native prairie, wetland and woodland...