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The Fox River: Our Hidden Gem
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...
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Lakes, The Colorful Machines
Hidden Lake, Picture Courtesy of Forest Preserve District of DuPage County I just finished “The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works” by Helen Czerski, a physicist and oceanographer. It is a wonderful...
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The Illinois Natural Areas Stewardship Act and The Conservation Foundation
Yellow Star Grass at Dayton Bluffs Land and Water Reserve In 2017, the Natural Areas Stewardship Act was passed by the state of Illinois. Established to promote stewardship of natural areas, it...
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Find Your WHY for Being Salt Smart
Being Salt Smart means using winter deicing salt responsibly to minimize its negative impacts. This approach ensures that we maintain winter safety while protecting waterways, landscaping, pets,...
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2024 Environmental Summit Recording & Resources
Thank you to all of the participants who logged in to the 202 Environmental Summit held on Thursday, January 18th. Participants were energized by the wealth of information shared on the many ways...
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Announcing Our 2024 Conservation Award Winners!
We are so pleased to recognize these individuals and organizations who are doing extraordinary conservation work in their communities: Paul Butler Memorial Award The Conservation Foundation’s Paul...
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Enhanced Weathering: Using Rocks to Address Climate Change
Enhanced weathering (EW) involves spreading finely ground rock particles, often silicate rocks like basalt, to increase the rate of weathering and facilitate carbon dioxide removal. It is a type of...
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How We Conduct Annual Bioassessments
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 water and sediment...
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Conservation Land Trusts To Protect and Preserve
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...
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Biodiversity Credits and Conservation
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 to preserve or restore...
View ArticleConservation is for Lovers: The Joys of Nature Rx
Couple in the Park, Arles, 1888 by Vincent Van Gogh. Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Celebrate love by taking a walk in nature with others and take care of your health at the same time....
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Being a Certified Organic Farm: Setting the Stage for Change
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Bonafide and certified with no herbicide! At Green Earth Harvest, we grow food that is certified organic because we want our community to know that we do our best to...
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Meet Green Earth Harvest’s Farm Family Partners
Did you know other local growers visit Green Earth’s farmshare pickups so participants can take home farm-fresh eggs, milk, meat, fruit, oats, grains, beans, sourdough breads and flowers, in addition...
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What Lives in Our Rivers and Streams
Healthy Rivers = Healthy People Rivers connect people, they are the receiver of our wastewater and stormwater and they reflect all of the things we do on the land. If we have healthy aquatic...
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Our Lives Are Better Thanks to Wastewater Treatment Plants
Gratitude for Wastewater Treatment PlantsWe flush away our waste with just a push of the toilet handle. Our dirty sink and bathwater flow down the drain without any effort on our part. Obviously, the...
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Restoring Connections Through Community Conservation
At the beginning of last year, The Conservation Foundation established a partnership with the Chicago/Northwest Indiana network of Outdoor Afro, an organization that celebrates and inspires Black...
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In Memory of Jon J. Duerr, Local Conservation Legend
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 our...
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Biochar: Charcoal for the soil, not the grill
Source of Picture: Arbor Hills Tree Farm Most people think charcoal is only meant for use in a BBQ. But there is a version of charcoal called biochar that helps with sustainability. Biochar is used...
View ArticleEarly Spring Nature: What’s Happening Now
Spring has sprung in northeastern Illinois, and nature in our neighborhoods is beginning to wake up. From bird migrations to the first appearances of woodland flowers, these spring happenings don’t...
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Climate Connection
By Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Climate, it’s changing, and it’s on many people’s minds, most certainly ours. This winter has been brief and spring has certainly sprung earlier than usual. Although we...
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