Do you have an outdoor-loving kid who likes to explore nature in new places? If so, stop by a welcome kiosk at any of the JDCFs public preserves and pick up our new Preserve Passport! The whole family can explore nature in Jo Daviess County and become an Illinois...

JDCF has been having lots of visitors to our local preserves this summer.  In June, our IL State Representative, Tony McCombie, and IL State Senator, Andrew Chesney, accepted an invitation from JDCF’s Executive Director, Steve Barg, to spend a few hours on the land...

For the first time in its 62-year history, the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission (INPC), a division of the IL DNR, was addressed by a federally recognized tribe, the Ho-Chunk Nation (HCN). A proposal co-authored by staff members of JDCF and Bill Quackenbush, Tribal...

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...