Welcome New Field Biologist Grace Wieland

Please join us in welcoming Grace Wieland, NLI’s new Field Biologist, who started on Monday, January 5, 2026. Grace was selected to fill this land stewardship position after an extensive search where dozens of applications were submitted and staff conducted interviews...

Book Talk & Discussion: Anders Morley

Book talk & discussion by author-adventurer Anders Morley This Land of Snow: A Journey Across the North in Winter Virtual event via WebEx This free virtual event, requiring registration, features author Anders Morley on his enthralling memoir of skiing across...

We Closed on 357 Acres This Week!

Lost Flora Fen Expansion NLI is pleased to announce that we closed on 357 acres on June 15, 2021 and are the proud new owners of this land that will expand Lost Flora Fen, protect one and half miles of Raccoon Creek and provide access from Yale Bridge Rd. in northern...

Study Says: Honeysuckle Leaves Impact Water Quality

Natural Land Institute has been fighting the growth of bush honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) in the wooded areas of our preserves for many years. Bush honeysuckle (from Asia) doesn’t have natural competitors here and therefore, grows aggressively making it impossible...

Eleven Reasons to Volunteer for Mother Nature

Read below for 11 Reasons to Volunteer for Mother Nature – and NLI There are lots of Top Ten Lists out there. So we decided to be a little different and come up with an odd number of reasons to volunteer for Natural Land Institute. The winter months can be the...
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