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.
The Biden-Harris administration has announced its America the Beautiful initiative, a collaboration between the U.S. Department of the Interior, United States Department of Agriculture, and the U. S. Department of Commerce to conserve and restore the lands, waters, and wildlife that sustain the nation. This decade-long effort will support conservation and restoration efforts to address…
Executive Director Cynthia Kanner was interviewed recently by the Chicago Sun-Times talking about the exciting challenges Prairie State Conservation Coalition has in the coming months as we move forward after receiving the sizeable grant from Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. You can read the article here. PRAIRIE STATE CONSERVATION COALITION STEPPING UP TO FUND LAND…
Illinois Audubon Society partners with Joliet Park District to expand Pilcher Park Non-profit and local government join together to protect natural area JOLIET, IL. The Illinois Audubon Society today announced its acquisition of 80-acres adjacent to Joliet Park District’s Pilcher Park in Will County. With a generous $1.38 million dollar grant from Illinois…
Natural Areas Stewardship Grants Program application period is now open! Prairie State Conservation Coalition wrote the bill and with the Illinois Environmental Council and many supporting partners it passed in 2017. The goal of this grant program is to increase the delivery of much needed stewardship activities to natural areas protected within the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission (INPC) system. Stewardship needs…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service accepted a 66-acre donation of land from Friends of the Kankakee to officially establish the Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area. This became official on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 and becomes the nation’s 564th national wildlife refuge. You can read more here on the FAQ sheet, and here’s…
