Spring is in the air – become a citizen scientist by counting birds  Although it has faded from the national news cycle, Avian Bird Flu continues to have a negative impact on a variety of wild bird species including hawks, eagles, owls, crows, vultures,...

By tradition, JDCF’s annual speaker series has a theme each year – a single aspect of nature, something that is important to understand in the context of the land we conserve: so, we programmed about birds one year, insects another year, our Driftless Area another...

Each year, JDCF recognizes an individual or organization that has made outstanding achievements in land preservation, land stewardship, or of the understanding of natural habitats and or cultural heritage sites in our region. This year, JDCF is pleased to announce...

The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) and The Archaeological Conservancy (TAC) are thrilled to announce the recent acquisition of a new 40-acre preserve in Carroll County, IL. The purchase of ‘Thomson Bluffs’ marks the first time that JDCF will co-own a...

JDCF congratulates the City of Galena, IL on being designated as a “Bird City of Illinois” by the  Audubon Council of Illinois. The Bird City Network is a conservation program that brings people together to create healthier communities benefiting both...

Over this past growing season, JDCF staff have been tending to a plot of Indigenous corn, ‘Teejop Wicawas’, gifted to us by Bill Quackenbush, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer of the Ho-Chunk Nation. It is likely that varieties of this corn were grown...