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...
A Conservation@Home Story August, 2026 By Mark Luthin, NLI President As I drove through the allée of sugar maples (see NLI’s July 2026 Legacy Tree article) toward Karen Bieschke’s home off of Guilford Road in Rockford, any tension that I may have had quickly slid...
A Conservation@Home Story By Mark Luthin, President, Natural Land Institute June 2026 Having lived in their home for 28 years, and working on naturalizing their yard for the past 25, Dianne and Dennis Stenerson had quite a lot to show off. Nestled in a northeast...
A Conservation@Home Story May, 2026 By Mark Luthin, NLI Board President When NLI Board of Trustee member Rob Clark first contacted me about getting his yard certified in NLI’s Conservation@Home program, he asked me if having invasive species such as honeysuckle would...
A Conservation@Home Story By Mark Luthin, NLI President, Board of Trustees Approaching Ron Holm and Alice Fox’s house, a patch of tall, deep purple flowers was quite noticeable on the edge of their driveway and front sidewalk. Of course, being fall (September 2025),...
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