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PSCC Grant A Reason to Celebrate World Nature Conservation Day
Prairie State Conservation Coalition Will Use Funds To Expand and Protect Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitat Throughout Illinois CHICAGO, July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — As people across Illinois enjoy the outdoors and the state’s natural areas, World Nature Conservation Day (July 28), #WorldConservationDay, is an ideal time to celebrate a grant that will transform land…
$1 million in NASA grants awarded
2025 recipients announced IDNR announces nearly $1 million for Natural Areas Stewardship grants The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced near $1 million in grants to support 14 stewardship programs managed by land trusts on land protected by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission (INPC). The grants are part of the Illinois Natural Areas Stewardship…
LFOLA’s John Sentell to retire
Lake Forest Open Lands announced President and CEO John Sentell will retire in May, 2022. Sentell has led the highly-regarded conservation land trust for more than 11 years and will remain with the organization in an advisory capacity and continue to serve on LFOLA’s board of governors. Here’s the news release with the announcement: “We…
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
Natural Land Institute accepting nominations for Fell Award
Nominations for the 2017 George and Barbara Fell Award are now being accepted for indiviuals with outstanding achievements in land conservation by The Natural Land Institute. Deadline for submissions is Friday, February 3, 2017. The award is named after George and Barbara Fell who founded the Natural Land Institute in 1958 for the protection of…
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area now official
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…