In 2006, The Conservation Foundation purchased the historic Dickson-Murst Farm from the Village of Montgomery for $10, saving the farmstead from being developed like the subdivision that surrounds it, and
When the Aurora Fire Chief approved some landscape improvements at Fire Station #12, fireman Clete Rettenmeier called on The Conservation Foundation. Clete had already worked on his own yard through the Conservation@Home program
Happy spring! I hope you’re enjoying the buzz of the cicadas so far. I have a few at my house and there are thousands at McDonald Farm in Naperville. It’s a
Actually, wildlife corridors benefit more than just birds and bees. There is a wealth of information about wildlife corridors for butterflies, predators, and other species in a variety of climates
If you visit our Mission, Vision, and Values page, you’ll see one of our strategic goals: help create communities where conservation is embraced as a core value. Recently, I received
Yorkville’s Police Station’s garden in bloom We’d like to highlight one of The Conservation Foundation’s newest Conservation In Our Community partners, the United City of Yorkville. By officially signing
Over the past two decades, our Conservation@Home Program Director Jim Kleinwachter has been able to see the program born out of his desire to encourage people’s environmentally-minded efforts grow to
We recently had the honor of bestowing Conservation@Work certification on the newly-constructed Downers Grove Civic Center! This high-profile public space is serving as a beautiful example to other municipalities, park
After 20 years of working at The Conservation Foundation, our Vice President of Land and Watershed Programs Dan Lobbes has some advice to share: “If you want to get somewhere,
Don Nelson (pictured) and his wife Espie are long-time members of The Conservation Foundation and our Lower DuPage River Watershed Coalition, and have been a certified Conservation@Home property for more
As I turned up the driveway to the farm two Sundays ago, I stared down the face of climate change in the form of several fields flooded out, the product
We are beyond thrilled to announce a trio of exciting land protection projects that have come to fruition in the last couple of months, preserving 330 acres across Kane, Kendall
As winter ends, you may be eagerly thumbing through seed and bulb catalogs, looking forward to springtime and warmer weather. We at The Conservation Foundation are looking forward to an exciting new project we’re calling Garden Refresh! This spring,
As the sun sets on 2023, we want to share how the support of our members and donors has nourished our communities, literally and figuratively, this growing season. Our hard-working,
The Illinois conservation community has lost a dear friend and irreplaceable resource with the passing last week of Jon Duerr, a long-time member of The Conservation Foundation and volunteer on
