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...

Unique Conservation Model Preserves Bedford Hollow Sixty-eight acres known as Bedford Hollow near Galena, IL, is now protected in perpetuity with a JDCF conservation easement placed on it in late 2022. Landowners and long-time friends of JDCF, Rob Latousek and Brian...