“It’s Our Fox River Day” in Kendall County
Fifty-five volunteers showed up to Yorkville’s Riverfront Park and gave the Fox River some love at the first annual Kendall County “It’s Our Fox River Day” last week!
October 1, 2021
Fifty-five volunteers showed up to Yorkville’s Riverfront Park and gave the Fox River some love at the first annual Kendall County “It’s Our Fox River Day” last week!
Waukesha, Wisconsin can boast that Jiffy Jell, the predecessor of Jello, and Les Paul, inventor of the full-body electric guitar and the 8-track player, have their origins there. One of
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
It seems only fitting that McDonald Farm volunteer Bill Dawe should bear such a striking resemblance to Santa Claus! Though his gifts of time, humor, blood, sweat, some tears, and
Aricema, an Itasca Bank & Trust Co. employee, volunteering at the Bensenville- Wood Dale Food Pantry In a time when our conservation work is getting done more and more at
The 31st Annual DuPage River Sweep will be held Saturday, May 21, 2022 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The annual DuPage County River Sweep is a county-wide self-coordinated stream cleanup
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.
Steve Tiwald and his wife Karen Hutt were the founders twenty years ago of the Green Earth Institute, the organic farming operation headquartered at McDonald Farm that is now our
Without the loyal support of our sponsors, this year’s Earth Day Benefit Month-Long Festival could never have come to fruition. We appreciate sponsors and donors at every level, but wanted
It is with the utmost gratitude that we recognize our retiring trustee Kaaren Oldfield of Glen Ellyn for more than 13 cumulative years of service to our Board! Kaaren actually
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
We’re so excited to introduce you to our newest staff members! Their expertise and fresh new ideas have already energized us and our efforts to fulfill our mission. Abby Beck
“The Farm – it feels like a new kingdom,” says John Wagner of Wheaton. John is a builder of kingdoms – he actually built Disney’s Magic Kingdom on Minecraft –
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.
The Conservation Foundation is excited to introduce our first Next Generation Advisory Council. This advisory group is comprised of conservation-minded locals in their 20s and 30s, and we are excited
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