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...

Through a survey many of our members participated in in 2021, we learned that they would like to see our educational programming expand. The goal? To develop the next generation of conservation advocates who will protect and grow the outstanding land preservation and...

After a lengthy and rigorous application process, we received the good news that JDCF has been reaccredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. The Commission is an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance and only awards accreditation status to land...

This is the story of one of the most incredible gifts ever given: to JDCF, to the natural world, and to the people of Jo Daviess County. A gift over 30 years in the making. And although this story ends in northwest Illinois, it begins across the state in northeast...