Making Conservation at Home a Family Project

A Conservation@Home Story By Rick Barton, Retired, Fulltime Outdoorist, and former NLI Trustee While driving to a Conservation@Home visit in rural Stephenson County I was reminded of our strong farming background in Northern Illinois, seeing miles of soybeans and corn...

Rare Pair of American Chestnuts are July Trees

NLI’s Legacy Tree Program – July Trees of the Month “It looks like the Natural Land Institute’s (NLI) Legacy Tree Program has found yet another Illinois state champion tree: a rare American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) in Freeport”, said Alan Branhagen, Executive...

State Champion Yellow Birch is the April Tree of the Month

NLI’s Legacy Tree Program Natural Land Institute’s Legacy Tree Program announces the April Tree of the Month is a Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis), a State Champion at the Stephenson County Historical Society Museum and Arboretum in Freeport, Illinois (1440 S....
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