Unique Conservation Model Preserves Bedford Hollow Sixty-eight acres known as Bedford Hollow near Galena, IL, is now protected in perpetuity with a JDCF conservation easement placed on it in late 2022. Landowners and long-time friends of JDCF, Rob Latousek and Brian...

JDCF Protects Iconic Stockton, IL Area Landmark JDCF recently acquired 70 wooded acres southeast of Stockton. Adjacent to the 335-acre Wards Grove Nature Preserve, JDCF’s acquisition creates a more than 400-acre complex of conserved land that will never be developed...

Open Position – Land Conservation Intern The Land Conservation Internship (“the Intern”) position is a 40-hour per week, seasonal, paid position responsible for assisting with the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation’s (“JDCF”) Land Preservation and Land...

Chloris Lowe Jr. Honored with JDCF Conservation Award JDCF is pleased to announce that Chloris Lowe Jr., twice past-president of the Ho-Chunk Nation, has received the 2023 Nancy Hamill Winter Conservation Leadership Award. The award was presented to President Lowe by...

There’s a New Bird in Town by Barbara Baird Near lunch time on November 2, I spotted yellow birds in my trees. My binoculars revealed the birds to be evening grosbeaks. There were four of them, two couples. I hastily filled my platform feeder which started a feeding...

NORTHWEST ILLINOIS STEWARDSHIP COOPERATIVE – NISC Vision Statement: The Northwest Illinois Stewardship Co-op believes that collaboration works and that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.  NISC works with public and private landowners to educate, train,...