A new species found in the wild to add to the Flora of Winnebago County By Alan Branhagen, NLI’s Executive Director On Saturday afternoon, January 18th, I was out birding to add to my 2025 bird list. I stopped in downtown Rockford at the dam and at Blackhawk...
Natural Land Institute (NLI) recently purchased 160 acres of land in Ogle County, known as parcel 7 of the Leaf River Ranch (Ferguson Farm), to protect because of its natural habitat. With support through a loan from The Conservation Fund, NLI was able to purchase the...
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