Congratulations to our Executive Director! Natural Land Institute’s Executive Director, Alan Branhagen, received the Grow Native! 2025 Native Plant Pioneer Award on August 16, 2025 in Columbia, Missouri while attending the annual dinner for the Missouri Prairie...
Take a hike through the prairie at Kieselburg Forest Preserve, a site known for the many butterflies it attracts, with Alan Branhagen, NLI’s Executive Director! Alan will point out the butterflies seen along the way and discuss the importance of protecting their...
Meet NLI’s new Executive Director, Alan Branhagen, and get your book written by him signed. Alan is author of three books: Midwest Native Plant Primer, Native Plants of the Midwest, and The Gardener’s Butterfly Book. Bring your copy of Alan’s book(s) or buy one...
Welcome New Executive Director: Alan Branhagen The Board of Trustees of Natural Land Institute (NLI) is pleased to announce that they have hired a new Executive Director, Alan Branhagen, who will start on July 15, 2023. Since 2017 Alan has been Director of Operations...
Alan is Back! We’re excited to tell you that Alan J. Branhagen will be the Guest Speaker at Natural Land Institute’s 60th Anniversary Celebration Dinner on Tuesday, March 13. Many of you from the Rockford area know Alan from his time working at Winnebago Co....
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