During our first session, we will discuss, via Zoom, Shelter and Storm: At Home in the Driftless. Tamara Dean (2025). If you are new to the book club, please email club coordinator, Jean Matthiessen, at jean@jdcf.org to be placed on our email list to receive the Zoom link. JDCF does not share, sell, or otherwise […]
Join us to experience Casper Bluff and the adjacent Casper Creek Natural Cemetery after dark. Luminarias will light the trails leading to the Thunderbird effigy mound, the Galena Rotary Pavilion, and through the natural cemetery. There will also be several communal bonfires burning to keep you warm. RSVPs are not needed and you are free […]
Join JDCF and the Galena Public Library for Galena LitFest: The Work of Poetry with IL Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte in the historic Hess House at JDCF's Mąą Pįį Preserve. Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte (Turtle Mountain Band Anishinaabe) will present a night of poetry and conversation in partnership with the Galena Public Library and […]
During our second session, we will discuss, via Zoom, Voices from Bears Ears: Seeking Common Ground on Sacred Land. Rebecca Robinson (2018). If you are new to the book club, please email club coordinator, Jean Matthiessen, at jean@jdcf.org to be placed on our email list to receive the Zoom link. JDCF does not share, sell, […]
Join JDCF staff and volunteers to learn about and view the birds of prey native to Jo Daviess County. Details to come. Times shown are placeholder only.
During our third session, we will discuss, via Zoom, How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going. Vaclav Smil (2022). A final, in-person session will be held in April. Date and time TBD. If you are new to the book club, please email club coordinator, Jean Matthiessen, […]
JDCF invites the public to a free open house to tour the historic 1885 Hess House and learn about JDCF’s plans for the newly named Mąą Pįį Preserve as a Center for Science and Culture. Times shown are place-holder only. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. Mąą Pįį translates to “Good Earth” in the […]
One of the first signs of spring is the sound of frogs waking up and calling. Join JDCF staff at the Meeker Street Footbridge in downtown Galena for our annual, family-friendly frog walk. We will head down the Galena River Trail towards Buehler Reserve, giving everyone a chance to find and catch the frogs themselves! […]
You are invited to join Chicago Field Museum insect educators and scientists to see their amazing collections of local and non-local insects. There will also be insect displays collected by local entomologists on hand for viewing. Learn how to use a sweep net to see what weird and wonderful insects you can find in the […]
JDCF invites everyone to Meteors on the Mound for a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower from atop Horseshoe Mound Preserve, which is one of the highest points in Jo Daviess County and offers spectacular views of the tristate area from several different outlooks. This is the only time of the year that the preserve […]
Join JDCF staff and volunteers are we explore the prairie to catch and tag monarch butterflies who are beginning their fall migration back to Mexico. This event will give people of all ages the chance to become one of thousands of volunteers across North America who monitor the health and dynamics of monarch butterfly populations. […]
