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...
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...
NLI’s Legacy Tree Program A Norway Spruce (Picea abies), located in White Rock Cemetery (Ogle County), is NLI’s Legacy Tree Program’s December Tree of the Month. The height is 56-feet with an average crown spread of 59-feet and circumference of 188-inches (15.6 ft.)....
NLI’s Legacy Tree Program The William and Gayle Keefer Nature Reserve in Rockton, Ill., a 36-acre natural area owned by Natural Land Institute (NLI), is home to the August tree of the month: a Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii). The height of this...
Nominate a tree with this fillable FORM. In the News: Five Illinois State Champion Trees Confirmed Read the Tree of the Month Stories Scroll down to see the monthly tree story lists for 2024, 2025 and 2026. Natural Land Institute (NLI) is pleased to announce the...
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