Collaborative Workday – Tower Lakes
Tower Lakes Preserve, Pebble Creek Drive Pebble Creek Drive, Tower Lakes, ILJoin FOUR area conservation groups in a collaborative restoration event at Tower Lakes Preserve. Volunteers from Cuba Township, Tower Lakes, BACT and CFC will work together. Tools will be provided. Recommend that you bring drinking water and work gloves. Dress for the weather. 12/7/2019, 9am - noon. Meet at the CFC Farmhouse to carpool (459 w. Rt 22, Barrington - ...
Brushcutting, Bonfire + End of Year Celebration
Hickory Grove Highlands 500 Hickory Nut Grove Ln, Cary, IL, United StatesYou are invited to a Wandering Workday co-hosted by Citizens for Conservation (CFC) and McHenry County Conservation District as part of the Barrington Greenway Initiative (BGI). BGI's goal is to collaborate across jurisdictional boundaries to create unbroken, linked habitat corridors, increased biodiversity, and strengthened ecosystems all the way from the Poplar Creek area to north of Port Barrington. This will ...
Workday – Brushcutting at Grassy Lake
Lake Barrington Village Hall 23860 N Old Barrington Rd, Lake Barrington, IL, United StatesGreat winter activity - get outside and cut invasive brush to improve habitats. Enjoy bonfires and helping nature with like-minded volunteers. Dress for the weather. Wear sturdy shoes or boots, and bring work gloves. Bring something to drink to keep hydrated. Snacks provided. Team leads and guidance so no experience is necessary. Tools are provided. You do not need to ...
One Drop at a Time – Program
Barrington Village Hall 200 S. Hough St., Barrington, ILTopic: Yard storm water management practices Speaker: Marcus de la fleur, landscape architect Marcus de la fleur will discuss the stunning appearance of sustainable storm water management at the residential scale. This includes the use of native prairie plants and resilient ecological landscaping practices including rain gardens and bioswales. He will also touch on the soils of the midwest, another ...