World Migratory Bird Day Bird Walk
It's time to celebrate migratory birds on International World Migratory Bird Day. To commemorate this occasion, as well as Galena’s designation as an Illinois Bird City, JDCF invites you to […]
It's time to celebrate migratory birds on International World Migratory Bird Day. To commemorate this occasion, as well as Galena’s designation as an Illinois Bird City, JDCF invites you to […]
Join JDCF education staff and knowledgeable local plant enthusiast, Jim Johannsen, to take in the spring wonders at JDCF’s lesser known Rutherford Refuge Nature Preserve, bracketed by Clear Creek. In […]
As part of our ongoing Inspiring You to Preserve Our Future fundraising campaign, JDCF invites you and your family to come and learn more about our conservation work, education programs, […]
We are happy to be a part of the Galena Public Library in their "Plant a Seed, Read" summer program and to host a plant identification and nature exploration hike […]
As part of our ongoing Inspiring You to Preserve Our Future fundraising campaign, JDCF invites you and your family to come and learn more about our conservation work, education programs, […]
Margaret Wickens Pearce, acclaimed Citizen Potawatomi Nation cartographer and 2025 MacArthur fellow, has chosen JDCF’s Casper Bluff Nature Preserve to be the site of a large public art panel. The […]
Due to poor air quality and low visibility, stargazing at Horseshoe Mound has been cancelled for July 18. We hope you can join us for one or both of our […]
You are invited to join local insect enthusiasts to view and learn about their amazing collections of native bugs in this open house style event. You will also have the […]
Because of the popularity of our annual Meteors on the Mound star gazing event in August, JDCF and the Galena Astronomical Society are co-hosting an additional dark sky event this […]
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 […]
Facilitator: Pam Johnson, master naturalist Last year we did a ‘Nature Journaling with Watercolor’ workshop. This class will look at Nature Journaling from a different perspective. The prior class is […]
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 […]