Featured Image Credit: patch.com/illinois/naperville/ A lot of data collection goes into a stream restoration project. First, the standard year-round, watershed-wide data we collect allows us to identify potential project
How healthy is your local stream, lake or pond? Finding the answer requires looking at the three major components of water quality: chemical, physical and biological. Chemical is the one
2020 ~ It’s definitely been a year many of us would like to forget! The COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest, fires, floods and the uncertainty of the future – At The
As the year draws to an end we also draw to the end of our annual bioassessment. The bioassessments are intensive watershed wide surveys of aquatic life, physical habitat, and
It can be really difficult to know how clean and healthy the river running through your neighborhood or town really is. In fact, if it was easy I wouldn’t have
We’ve had the great honor and pleasure these past few months of sharing some huge conservation “wins” of the past year or so. If you’ve donated or supported us in
With concerns about Coronavirus mounting with every passing hour and recommendations for “social distancing”, it’s a great time to get outside into our local natural areas. There’s so much to
Last month I was invited to visit a middle school class and talk to them about my experience as a professional scientist. Initially I thought I would be standing in
As our native plants bloomed and the summer sun lined the gravel road to the McDonald Farm, we had the pleasure of welcoming new summer interns to The Conservation Foundation.
Most of the time when we at The Conservation Foundation are involved in preserving land, we end up actually owning the land for only a short time while the municipality,
It’s time to get outside and enjoy the last weeks of summer. While you’re at it, snap a photo or two with your phone camera and enter our Nature Phone
We Did It!!! Or more accurately, the more than 300 people who supported our Strengthening Our Foundation $100K Challenge did it. Thanks to your generosity, we have met the challenge
Gratitude for Wastewater Treatment Plants We flush away our waste with just a push of the toilet handle. Our dirty sink and bathwater flow down the drain without any effort
As you are pulling out the paddling gear this spring and thinking about getting out on your favorite local river, don’t forget to be River Responsible! The Conservation Foundation is
A community is healthiest when all of its parts take care of each other. And thanks to Stockholm’s Restaurant & Brewpub, Geneva and the entire Fox River Valley are getting
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