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New IDNR Recreation Survey
Recent IDNR survey: “Trails of all kinds – including walking/hiking trails, nature/interpretive trails and multiuse trails – are enormously popular, topping the list of amenities that patrons request most often, the survey participants reported.” http://news.illinois.edu/news/14/1007recreation_survey_MeganOwens_JarrodScheunemann.html
SAVE THE DATE- PSCC Annual Meeting: February 26-27, 2015
Mark down Thursday and Friday, February 26 and 27, 2015 at Starved Rock State Park near Utica.
Summary of 2014 Land Conservation in Illinois
Here is a very nice summary provided by Dave Holman. Folks are returning from one holiday and getting ready for another. Chaos reigns as books for 2014 are closed and initiatives for 2015 begun. The new year is nearly upon us, and what better way to move forward towards bright new horizons than by…looking backwards?…
Cahokia Mounds national park bill introduced
Congressman Mike Bost (IL-12) this week introduced a bill to create Cahokia Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park. Heartlands Conservancy thanks the congressman for his extraordinary leadership, along with the leadership and support of Congressmen Lacy Clay, John Shimkus, and Rodney Davis and Senator Dick Durbin. In 2014, HeartLands Conservancy, in collaboration with Native American…
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…
LFOLA aquires all-terrain wheelchair
Lake Forest Open Lands acquires an All-Terrain Wheelchair for public use The mission of Lake Forest Open Lands Association (LFOLA) states that the organization is devoted to ensuring that all generations are welcome and able to fully experience nature. The Center for Conservation Leadership (CCL) at LFOLA strives to break down barriers to the natural…