“It just happened,” said Bluebird Recovery Project (BBRP) founder Joan Harmet when asked how the program she started in Jo Daviess County flourished for over 30 years. It seemed an unlikely way to describe the beginnings of a conservation success so great that it...

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...