NLI Buys Land to Help Protect Historic Beach Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve On March 17, 2026 Natural Land Institute (NLI) closed on 149 acres of land surrounding its 4-acre Beach Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (11500 East Big Mound Rd., Davis Junction, IL 61020)...
Message from the Executive Director, Kerry Leigh As many of you have heard, the Chicago Rockford International Airport expansion plans include development on this prairie, a portion of which is an Illinois Natural Areas Inventory Site (INAI) that has not only historic...
Burr Oak Valley Nature Preserve The Natural Land Institute is pleased to announce that the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission, at their May 11th 2021 meeting, has dedicated 98.93 acres of The Natural Land Institute’s Burr Oak Valley Preserve as an Illinois State...
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