A Conservation@Home Story By Mark Luthin, NLI President After finishing the addition on the back of their house on the NE side of Rockford in 2024, Howard and Lauren Knodle decided to plant wildlife friendly forbs and grasses around the perimeter of their back yard....
NLI donated Kilbuck Creek Preserve, a 4.6 acre parcel, to the Forest Preserves of Winnebago County on September 16, 2026. This property is located along Kilbuck Creek and will be incorporated as an expansion of Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve. The site will remain...
A Conservation@Home Story By Mark Luthin, NLI President August, 2026 About 30 years ago, Josh and Mollie Krecklow decided to build a home on a 5-acre parcel of land located between Byron and Leaf River. Their “yard” consisted of a former pasture, with all of the usual...
Natural Land Institute in partnership with Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves will host this volunteer restoration day at Harlem Hills Prairie Nature Preserve. Volunteer activities will include cutting and burning non-native invasive brush in this rare remnant...
By Isabelle Molitor, August 2026 Why is protecting a diversity of habitat important? A habitat is an environment that meets all of an organism’s needs to survive. Different species of plants and animals require unique conditions. By protecting a variety of habitat...
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