We save land.
We save rivers.
The support of more than 5,000 members and 500 volunteers helps us carry out our mission to improve the health of our communities by preserving and restoring open space and natural lands, protecting rivers and watersheds, and promoting stewardship of our environment in northeastern Illinois. We focus our work in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties where we have helped preserve more than 35,000 acres of open space, and we also go where we are needed in LaSalle, DeKalb and Grundy Counties.
The support of more than 5,000 members and 500 volunteers helps us carry out our mission to improve the health of our communities by preserving and restoring open space and natural lands, protecting rivers and watersheds, and promoting stewardship of our environment in northeastern Illinois. We focus our work in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties where we have helped preserve more than 35,000 acres of open space, and we also go where we are needed in LaSalle, DeKalb and Grundy Counties.
Strengthening Our Foundation: Growing Food, Growing Connection
Strengthening Our Foundation: A Safe Place to Learn and Connect
Strengthening Our Foundation: Saving Beloved Lands
Help Us Rise To The Strengthening Our Foundation $75K Challenge!
About Us
Simply put, we save land and we save rivers, and we’ve been at it for almost 50 years. Founded in 1972, The Conservation Foundation is one of the region’s oldest and largest not-for-profit land and watershed conservation organizations dedicated to preserving and restoring open space, protecting rivers and watersheds and promoting stewardship of the environment in northeastern Illinois.
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The Conservation Foundation’s Green Earth Harvest is an all-organic farming operation that provides healthy, organic vegetables to the community through the sale of “shares.” When you become a Green Earth Harvest shareholder, you are essentially purchasing a portion of the harvest. You’ll come to McDonald Farm in Naperville (or one of our remote pickup locations) every week or every other week and pick up your produce.
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Conservation Stories
Strengthening Our Foundation: Growing Food, Growing Connection
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a whole new focus on local food. Thanks to Lenore McDonald’s McDonald Farm land donation, the hard work of our
Strengthening Our Foundation: A Safe Place to Learn and Connect
With so much that was familiar in their little worlds crumbling around them this year, it has been incredibly important to still serve the youth of
Strengthening Our Foundation: Saving Beloved Lands
Reservation Woods, located in Kendall County, is that almost-mythical “Hundred Acre Wood” popularized in Winnie the Pooh and other stories. Renowned Illinois ecologist Dick Young
Restore Salt Creek: Why Dam Removal Is the Best Solution
The DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup, which is staffed by The Conservation Foundation, is working to implement a plan to improve water quality, recreation and
Field Notes: Climate Change
As I turned up the driveway to the farm two Sundays ago, I stared down the face of climate change in the form of several
50th Anniversary Of Earth Day
“Spring reminds us that resilience is only a season away.” ~Angie Weiland Crosby __________________________________________ “During the wild uncertainty of a frightened land, Spring reached out
Shop the Rookery
Show your love for nature and our mission to preserve and restore it by purchasing these quality products for yourself or to give as gifts with purpose. A portion of your purchase will directly support our work to preserve and restore open space and natural lands, protect rivers and watersheds and promote stewardship of the environment.
