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...
You never know what you will see when you visit Nygren Wetland Preserve. Photographer James McDowell arrived at Nygren Wetland Preserve on the morning of Thu., Sept. 24 around 7 AM. From the wildlife overlook parking lot he walked east, he said, “in a clock-wise...
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...
Kim Johnsen, Natural Land Institute (NLI), and Jennifer Kuroda, Sinnissippi Audubon Society (SAS), will present a program called, Creating a Bird and Pollinator Friendly Habitat at Home, on Wed., May 27, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. The presentation is free and open to the...
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