LIVE WEBINAR: Local historian Dr. Daryl Watson & IDNR Landscape Architect George Bellovics Speak on JDCF’s New Addition to Apple River Canyon
This spring, JDCF announced the largest land purchase in its 27-year history, the Dick Dvorak Addition to Apple River Canyon. To bring this important acquisition into perspective, we hope you will join us for a live JDCF webinar (see below) on Wednesday, July 22, at 7:00 PM. Providing historical perspective will be Dr. Daryl Watson, […] Read More
Frame Your Family Photo Challenge Moves to Schurmeier Teaching Forest
With photo challenges being so popular right now, JDCF has created the Frame Your Family Photo Challenge – because family is one of nature’s masterpieces. A large, wooden frame will be placed somewhere on each of our six public preserves for a period of two weeks. Families are invited to find it, take a group […] Read More
Three Billion Birds Gone – A Presentation by Doug Stotz, Senior Conservation Ecologist, Keller Science Action Center, Field Museum
Doug was scheduled to be our Keynote Speaker at our Annual Meeting in March but, like so many others, we had to cancel the event due to the pandemic. Doug is a senior ecologist in the Keller Science Action Center at the Chicago Field Museum. After earning his bachelor’s degree in biology at University of Arizona […] Read More
Experience Horseshoe Mound ~ A Virtual Tour
JDCF was Live from the top of Horseshoe Mound recently for a virtual tour of some of the sights and sounds that can be seen and heard at the preserve. This broadcast replaced our popular, in-person walking tour scheduled for June that was cancelled due to Covid-19. After watching this video, we are certain that […] Read More