Join the Natural Land Institute and Severson Dells Nature Center staff and volunteers on an exploration of many of the local wildflower hotspots during the 10-week Wildflower Walkabout series.
On Arbor Day we invite you to help free a tree from non-native invasive brush at NLI's Lind-McGeachie Preserve. Work will include cutting and moving material to a brush pile.
Join NLI's Community Outreach & Engagement Committee at Lind-McGeachie Preserve to go on a walk and take photos with your phone of plants and animals you see along the way.
NLI invites the community to visit one of our newest land acquisitions to explore the spring woodland wildflowers and old growth woodlands.
Please join us for a fun filled evening with food, beverages, and live music while supporting NLI and Rockton Pelican Fest.
Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day and the annual return of the American White Pelicans with other migrating birds to the Rock River region when you attend Rockton Pelican Fest, a free, family friendly festival on Sat., May 16, 2026, 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Natural Land Institute, Sinnissippi Audubon Society, the Village of Rockton […]
Get tips on how to attract birds and pollinators to your outdoor space at home. By incorporating eco-friendly practices into your home habitat through native vegetation, water stewardship, yard management, and wildlife habitat you are creating an area that attracts birds, bees, butterflies, as well as other pollinators and wildlife.
Help us find the Star-nosed mole and other living creatures! All ages are invited to join scientists and citizen scientists in search for and discovering what plants and animals live in the diverse habitats of NLI’s Silver Creek Woods Preserve.
Quest for the Star-nosed Mole activities include: searching for this unique mole and other mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dragonflies, damselflies, butterflies, wildflowers, trees, birds, and so much more.
Step back in time and experience history as it was meant to be shared during a live reading of the Declaration of Independence on Wed., July 8, 2026 at Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum, 411 Kent St., Rockford, IL 61102. The program begins at 6:00 p.m.
Please join us for the summer outdoor gala, Party on the Prairie, on Saturday evening, July 18, 2026, overlooking the midsummer wildflowers and a fundraiser for Nygren Wetland Preserve.
The public is invited to explore the new land that NLI purchased in March, 2026 to help safeguard the remnant Beach Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve and to walk around the historic Cemetery Prairie.