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Land Trust Alliance offers free coaching
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…
Illinois realtors support land conservation
The January issue of Illinois Realtor highlights the benefits of conservation easements and the organizations working to preserve more land. Dan Lobbes, director of land protection for The Conservation Foundation, and Mary Vandevord, Heartlands Conservancy president and CEO, share their views on land preservation in the article, which also mentions Prairie State Conservation Coalition. Check out the…
Invasive Species Meet Their Match
The La Salle News Tribune recently published a nice article about The Conservation Foundation’s partnership with a for-profit company to remove invasive species from Dayton Bluffs Preserve. “The buckthorn and honeysuckle didn’t stand a chance last Tuesday against an army of more than 500 volunteers at Dayton Bluffs Preserve on the east side of Ottawa…” …
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Online Conversation
There’s still time to sign up for this online conversation with Kingsbury Browne Fellow Steve Small about the advent and future of tax deductible conservation easement policy in the United States next Tuesday, June 20, from 11 a.m. to noon. You can register for this event HERE. If you have protected farmland, forests or open…
Meet Cynthia Kanner, PSCC Executive Director
We are thrilled to introduce PSCC’s first executive director, Cynthia Kanner, of Algonquin, who will step into this newly-created position January 2, 2023. “The addition of an executive director to PSCC has been a goal for many years,” Brook McDonald, current PSCC president and president/CEO of The Conservation Foundation, said. “We are excited to see…
Herkert joins Illinois Audubon as executive director
On behalf of the Illinois Audubon Society’s Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce that we have selected Dr. James Herkert as our new Executive Director. Jim will officially join us on October 17, 2016. We had a rich pool of applicants for this position, but Jim stood out because of his 25 years…

