Meet Our Summer Interns
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.
August 15, 2021
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
Sometimes a little rain still must fall. October did not bring us much rain at McDonald Farm, but the one day it did we had a big volunteer day planned.
Human and natural communities in Joliet are being fed thanks to a recent project born by a partnership of the National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc., Will County Land Use
“Nancy just seemed bigger than life and that she would live forever,” said our President/CEO Brook McDonald of Nancy Hopp, lifelong Aurora resident and Vice Chair of The Conservation Foundation’s
The Conservation Foundation and region in general had to say a difficult goodbye this month to a woman who was quiet in manner, but whose impact and generosity will echo
Our hearts are heavy with the news that “Shorty” Dickson, the patriarch of our Dickson-Murst Farm, passed away last week. Richard “Shorty” Wayne Dickson was 85 years old. Born in
How do supporters and volunteers of The Conservation Foundation #thanknature? By cleaning it up, restoring it, and showing it some love. Nothing feels quite as good as working hard at
Looking to see the impact your support of The Conservation Foundation is making across our region? Want to be inspired and get some new ideas from other local people who
Looking to see the impact your support of The Conservation Foundation is making across our region? Want to be inspired and get some new ideas from other local people who
Looking to see the impact your support of The Conservation Foundation is making across our region? Want to be inspired and get some new ideas from other local people who
Looking to see the impact your support of The Conservation Foundation is making across our region? Want to be inspired and get some new ideas from other local people who
What does community mean? According to The American Heritage Dictionary it is… “A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.” “The district or locality
The Conservation Foundation focuses its work in DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will Counties, and goes where needed in LaSalle, DeKalb and Grundy Counties. But the benefits of its efforts go
In Honor of National Public Lands Day ROMEOVILLE, IL: Join Romeoville’s Conservation and Sustainability Committee and The Conservation Foundation to plant oak trees at O’Hara Woods Nature Preserve in Romeoville.