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...
October is OAK Awareness Month in Illinois: “OAKtober” By Alan Branhagen, Executive Director, Natural Land Institute Oaks are the most important tree to the forests, woodlands and savannas of our area (and almost every place they are found). Their mast of...
DESIGN by Kaitlyn Tibbetts We try to paint it and name it, but try as we might, we cannot contain it. It flourishes in every crevice of this beautifully designed earth. Through the wisps of the clouds and the rushing of the waters, I can see beauty’s magnificent...
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