The Natural Land Institute is working with landowners to preserve prime farmland in Boone County! Nestled between Rockford and McHenry County, Boone County farmland is fast becoming residential lots and commercial spaces. Producers now face challenges with neighbors...
On July 29, 2025, the Natural Land Institute (NLI) closed on a Conservation Easement in Carroll County donated by landowners Jim and Marilyn Anderson. The conservation easement protects in perpetuity a 40-acre parcel with significant natural resources while the land...
Natural Land Institute (NLI) is pleased to announce that Trajectory Energy Partners, the leading Illinois-based community solar developer, gave us a $15,000 donation on July 18, 2025 at a news conference held at the Ida Public Library in Belvidere, Illinois....
Field Notes from Executive Director Alan Branhagen On Friday, October 27, 2023 NLI Stewardship Director Zach Grycan, Restoration Ecologist Tyler Pellegrini, and NLI Volunteer Martin Kehoe led me through a site visit of the Richard Conklin Preserve and its adjacent...
Brothers John and Robert Carleton have had conservation agreements (otherwise known as conservation easements) on a portion of their land since 2006. This year, with a grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, they were able to put the remainder of...
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