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Conservation Guardians
of Northwest Illinois

 

Our Parent Organization:
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

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Shopping Locally

Buying and eating locally grown foods is gaining popularity everywhere. Patronizing locally owned food stores helps the local economy.

Welcome to the 2009 Bluebird and Tree Swallow Season!
The early reports from Lost Mound, Witkowsky, and the many other public and private trails we monitor are very encouraging. Hopefully this will be a better season than last year, plagued by black flies.

Going Green Is Mainstream
2nd Annual Green Fair, Sept. 26, 2009, Highland Community College West, Route 20, Elizabeth, IL
Meet exhibitors and speakers knowledgeable in solar, wind, and geothermal energy, energy conservation and sustainable living who will offer ideas that will save money and “green” your home. To be an exhibitor or for more information, contact Maggie Friedenbach, representing University of Illinois Extension and the Jo-Carroll Solid Waste Agency, at 815-244-9444.

Additional headlines from the Summer 2009 newsletter:

The Thistle Bird: Many Aliases
by Julie Bruser
Spring Bird Count: So Close, We Could Hear the Whoosh of Their Wings
by Grace Storch

Full Newsletter (pdf)
with Lost Mound Refuge News and Bluebird Recovery Letter

Field Work by Guardian Member, Barbara Baird


Promoting Nature Awareness &
Environmental Education

The Guardians work to preserve and enhance natural resources. They help landowners identify natural areas and protect native flora and fauna. Guardians get excited about practices that are good for the environment.

Guardian programs appeal to ecological and environmental issues — and to people. It's easy to join them at a lecture or workshop. Or on a field trip to a forest, prairie, or wetland.

The Guardians present the natural history of northwest Illinois in ways which all members can appreciate. Anyone can become a Guardian. All activities are open to the public.

The Conservation Guardians of Northwest Illinois is a division of Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation, a non-profit, 501-3c charitable and educational organization.
 


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Contact Us

126 N. Main St.
Elizabeth, IL 61028
(815) 858-9100


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