See the recent pictures that made it to the "Current News" section of our homepage. Some pictures also have links to short Quicktime (*.mov) files. This picture is of the March 2006 prescribed burn of Grigsby Prairie, see the related one minute movie (2.3MB, click this link to download the free standalone Quicktime player, iTune-bundled version also available from Apple).

The 15th anniversary of CFC's first purchase at what would become our headquarters and largest property, Flint Creek Savanna, was a big success. Held July 12, 2003, there was great weather and a variety of activities. Here Waid Vanderpoel looks over the pond that was dedicated to him in 2002 for his ceaseless efforts and considerable vision over the years for this property and for CFC in general.

People and events at the Grigsby 15th Anniversary, Saturday, September 28, 2002, which included tours and seed collecting. The prairie is beginning to show a wide range of fall colors.

Scenes of native plants and animals at Grigbsy Prairie, during Grisgby's 15th Anniversary event, Saturday September 28, 2002. The bumblebee finds fringed gentians are still in bloom, at left, as fall colors predominate.

Several pictures from a workday of pulling garlic mustard at a small, rare ecosystem in North Barrington. Some area residents also pitched in on this steep north-facing slope near Indian Creek (east branch of Flint Creek), Saturday, June 8, 2002.

A collection of photographs of volunteers collecting seeds at Grigsby Prairie on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 29, 2001.

Volunteers on a snowy winter workday, clearing brush as the first step in restoring prairie and savanna landscapes in northeastern Illinois, on a Saturday in February, 2000.