Illinois Audubon Society has purchased 44.5 acres in Monroe County to protect the groundwater recharge basin which drains into the […]
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Category: Land Protection
Grant News: Funds to help restoration at Green River Lowlands Preserve
Illinois Audubon Society has received a challenge grant for stewardship work at Gremel Nature Preserve: A Legacy Project of Illinois […]
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Illinois Audubon Society Purchases Land in Lee County
The Illinois Audubon Society has purchased an 80-acre addition to the 352-acre Amboy Marsh Nature Preserve (Lee County). The addition […]
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Illinois Audubon Society Receives Grant for Restoration of Lake County Site
The Illinois Audubon Society has received a grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation in support of native habitat […]
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Successful Partnership Protects 160 Acres in McHenry County
The Illinois Audubon Society, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation and McHenry County Conservation Foundation—with the help of and individual donors—purchased […]
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A Walk to the Shack
Illinois Audubon Executive Director Jim Herkert recently sat with Glen Kruse to discuss his Walk to the Shack, a 300-plus […]
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Stewardship Endowment Established
The Illinois Audubon Society announces the establishment of the Brucker Stewardship Endowment. A resolution establishing the endowment was passed by […]
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2020 Letter from Executive Director
Each year when I reflect back on what the Illinois Audubon Society has accomplished over the previous 12 months, I […]
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Illinois Audubon Society receives challenge grant for stewardship
SPRINGFIELD, IL. The Illinois Audubon Society has been awarded a Community Stewardship Challenge Grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community […]
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Bird Surveys at Sanctuaries Produce Interesting Results
Round Pond Wildlife Sanctuary In February, May and June 2019 Jeff Hoover, an Avian Ecologist with the Illinois Natural History […]
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