The public is cordially invited to attend JDCF’s Annual Meeting at Woodbine Bend Golf Course and Restaurant. There will be a social hour with heavy appetizers before a short business meeting to elect new Board members and present the 2025 Nancy Hamill Winter Conservation Leadership Award to the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation. The keynote will be delivered by Cody Considine, former deputy director of The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) 4,000-acre Nachusa Grasslands and now head of TNC’s Buffalo Restoration Program. Cost is $40/person. RSVP to info@jdcf.org by March 27. Photo of bison herd at Nachusa (c) Barbara Baird.