Advanced placement and honors Environmental Science students at Barrington High School became “citizen scientists” by conducting water testing at five Flint Creek sites in late October, as an ongoing part of Barrington Area Conservation Trust’s Conservation@School Project. The students continued the stream monitoring work that had begun in September by performing physical, chemical and biological…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is starting a new conservation effort to help farmers provide food and habitat for monarch butterflies in the Midwest and southern Great Plains. Read the full story by clicking here.
The Illinois Association of Conservation Districts conference is set for February 25-26, 2016 at the Starved Rock Lodge. Staff will learn about current trends in conservation and get to network with other agencies. You can find out more and register online here. Here’s a look at what’s planned: Keynote Speaker: Randy Heirdorn, Director (retired) of the…
Openlands received a National Land Trust Excellence Award for its many accomplishments over the years at the Land Trust Alliance annual conference in October. “We find inspiration in the good works of our peers in land conservation,” said Rand Wentworth, Alliance president. “And the inspiration we find in these award winners gives us renewed motivation…
Could you use some personalized assistance with a thorny land trust issue your land trust is facing? If so you’re in luck. The Land Trust Alliance is offering FREE coaching sessions by telephone for board members serving on all-volunteer land trust boards (those without staff or with one part-time staff member). Services are provided on…
Conserve Lake County is doing its part to keep things native. Shop online to get your native trees and shrubs! Schedule a Conservation@Home property visit and get a 10% plant sale discount! Find out the details and shop by going to Conserve Lake County. Pickup in person October 2 and 3.
Wonderful work by restoration volunteers! Click on this link. VSN Annual Report FY15
PSCC’s Conservation Land Trust Handbook (link below). Most of you have contributed to this effort – thank you. PSCC is working to increase the visibility of the work of non-profit conservation land trusts in Illinois, and we think the Handbook helps to illustrate our impact. It’s a work in progress, but we hope it will…
Exciting news! PSCC has been awarded a $48,000 grant from Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation to help complete I-View. Please see the press release link below. We anticipate that I-View will open the door to more collaboration and focus towards achieving important statewide conservation goals. Press Release ICECF
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