The Conservation Foundation’s Kendall County Advisory Council Presents: The Fox River: Our Hidden Gem A Fox River Presentation Series All Programs are Free 7:00 — 8:00pm Yorkville Public Library
The Conservation Foundation is grateful to partner with some very generous sponsors who not only support our work, but weave conservation and stewardship into their operations as well. Allied First
We’re so pleased to announce our 2023 Conservation Award winners!!! All of these individuals and organizations are doing extraordinary conservation work in our communities and it is our pleasure to
One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans strongly support saving the open spaces they love. Since 1972, The Conservation Foundation has been doing just that for
Prior to the Arctic blast and a day after a fresh fallen snow, my wife and I visited one of our favorite forest preserves on a Saturday in January- Russell
Welcome to “Babbling Brook”, a blog series featuring our fearless leader Brook McDonald as he rambles around northeastern Illinois! I bet you hiked and spent more time outside in 2020.Â
This is a land that has stories. You can hear it in the soughing of the trees as you enter the shade of the forest. You can see it in
Image Generated by DALL-E In a previous blog about being Nature Positive, there was brief mention of biodiversity credits (BC), which aim to assign an economic value to efforts
Image Courtesy of The Conservation Foundation In a world where climate extremes are becoming the norm, the term “resilience” is being used more frequently in conversations about sustainability and
Land and water preservation or enhancement? Two ways to get to the same goal? Or are they irreconcilably different? In this blog, we discuss geoengineering and conservation. Geoengineering: What, Why,
The United Nations designated 2021-2030 the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030, “with the aim of supporting and scaling up efforts to prevent, halt, and reverse the degradation of
The Curving Landscape of Dayton Bluffs A conservation land trust is a non-profit organization that preserves and manages land for future generations. Conservation land trusts protect sites of cultural,
Over our 47 year history, The Conservation Foundation has helped preserve more than 35,000 acres of land in northeastern Illinois. We have no one-size-fits-all land protection methods – we’ve been
2020 is finally over, but things are still not quite back to normal, and these colder months make it more difficult to gather outside where it feels a little safer.Â
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,
