Prairie State Conservation Coalition

Prairie State Conservation Coalition is a non-profit organization created to assist conservation land trusts, land owners and communities in their efforts to protect land and water resources in Illinois.

Board of Directors:

Brook McDonald, President: The Conservation Foundation - Naperville, Illinois
bmcdonald@theconservationfoundation.org
Vern LaGesse, Vice-President: Friends of the Sangamon Valley - Springfield, Illinois
vlagesse@fosv.org
Steve Barg, Secretary: Conserve Lake Country - Grayslake, Illinois
sbarg@conservelakecounty.org
Emy Brawley, Treasurer: Openlands - Chicago, Illinois
ebrawley@openlands.org

Judy Barnard: Natural Land Institute and Commission of Winnebago County Forest Preserve District - Rockford, Illinois
Judyv2v2@aol.com
Viv Bennett: The Nature Conservancy - Peoria, Illinois
vbennett@tnc.org
Angelo Cappaerella: Parklands Foundation - Bloomington, Illinois
apcappar@ilstu.edu
Carl DauBach: Clifftop - Maeystown, Illinois
clifftop@htc.net
Lisa Haderlein: Land Conservancy of McHenry County - Woodstock, Illinois
lhaderlein@ConserveMC.org
Alice Henry: Prairie Land Conservancy - Macomb, Illinois
Bobhenry@macomb.com
Alley Ringhausen: Great Rivers Land Trust - Alton, Illinois
Pcwpgrlt@gmail.com
Karen Yancey: Barrington Area Conservation Trust - Barrington Hills, Illinois
kyancey@bactrust.org

Please click here for more information on recent board activity.

Membership Information:

Please contact Emy Brawley at ebrawley@openlands.org for more information about membership.

PSCC Bylaws:

Please click here to view the PSCC Bylaws.

PSCC 2013 Priorities:

Please click here to view the 2013 Priorities.

Annual Meeting Information:

Please click here for agenda and information on Annual Meeting on February 27 and 28, 2013 .
Please click here for registration form.

Photo on Left: February 2013 - Board President Brook McDonald recognizes outgoing PSCC Board Members Nancy Hamill Winter (Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation) and Fran Harty (The Illinois Nature Conservancy) for their outstanding contributions to improve land conservation statewide.

Photo on Right: Current PSCC president Brook McDonald (left) and two former PSCC presidents Jerry Paulsen (middle) and Fran Harty (right) congratulate Jerry at his retirement dinner in March 2013. Jerry retired from Natural Lands Institute in Rockford, Illinois.