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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Category: Land Protection
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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Illinois Audubon Society receives land gift from former board President
SPRINGFIELD, IL. The Illinois Audubon Society has received a donation of land from Maury Brucker and Emiko Yang of Peoria, […]
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Illinois Audubon Society tops in land protection for 2018
A report released by the Prairie State Conservation Coalition puts Illinois Audubon Society at the top of land protection by […]
Read More → Ducks Unlimited donates land to Illinois Audubon Society
Partners collaborate to increase Illinois River floodplain habitat protection Ducks Unlimited has transferred ownership of a 225-acre parcel of land, […]
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Illinois Audubon Society helps protect land in Will County
In May 2018 a large and diverse forest complex near Joliet, known as Pilcher Park, was dedicated as a Nature […]
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