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What do you do when you move from a small lot to a large one? For Rita Duffy and her husband Jude, the answer is to add more native plants! Rita’s interest in native plants started with her hiking club. Seeing the variety...

Small but Mighty in Marengo: Backyard Habitat Supports Endangered Bee Lisa Maier stands with the Conservation@Home sign she hopes to use to encourage her neighbors to plant native plants. In the movement to support our...

Imagine moving into a new home, and a neighbor stops by with a grocery bag full of prairie seed. Welcome to Alden Township in 1993. You’ve just met George Johnson! George Johnson at the 2024 Seed Sharing Day. One neighbor...

“To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow.” — Audrey Hepburn In 2022, The Land Conservancy of McHenry County (TLC) worked with residents to preserve a 323-acre farm at the intersection of Thompson Road, Rt. 120, and...

Farmland Forever: Gauger Family Preserves Their Farm in Richmond Siblings Ginger and Gary Gauger grew up on the farm first purchased by their grandparents, Henry and Mabel Gauger in 1923. “Grandpa was a dairy farmer....

Trees are working for us every day, cleaning pollution out of the air, providing shade on a hot day, and reducing local flooding by slowing rainfall. Trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and release oxygen (O), which we need...