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The suburban Chicago landscape is 75 trees richer, thanks to an initiative by Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. in honor...

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Articles & Education
CBBEL Tree Planting Initiative Honors Milestone Years
Posted by Alli McIlvain
The suburban Chicago landscape is 75 trees richer, thanks to an initiative by Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. in honor…
Artificial Intelligence and Conservation a View From the Other Side (This Post Was Generated Using ChatGPT*)
Posted by Steve Stawarz
Image created by Steve Stawarz using DALL-E 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize conservation efforts by…
Electrifying DuPage County: Webinar Recording & Resources
Posted by Jill Johnson
Above Photo: Felix Kramer / Wikimedia More than 300 participants logged in to charge up for an eco-friendly 2023 at…
Winter Food
Posted by Sheryl Fasone
by Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Since farms can’t grow food around here in the winter, how can we still eat…
Conservation and the Metaverse
Posted by Steve Stawarz
The Metaverse. To hear technology CEOs like Meta’s (previously known as Facebook) Mark Zuckerberg or Microsoft’s Satya Nadella talk about…
Celebrating 50 Years of the Clean Water Act & The Conservation Foundation
Posted by Steve Stawarz
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of both the Clean Water Act and The Conservation Foundation. One was conceived far away,…
Going With The Flow: Surprises In Stream Restoration
Posted by Alex Handel
Featured Image Credit: patch.com/illinois/naperville/ A lot of data collection goes into a stream restoration project. First, the standard year-round,…
What Makes Winter So Sweet?
Posted by Sheryl Fasone
by Russ Cerocke, Farm Manager Is it the chocolate? the candy canes? Or, is it the cookies and the hot,…
Salt Smart: Environmentally-Minded Winter Salting
Posted by Lea Rodbarry
Our local rivers are getting saltier and salter. We need Salt Smart practices to reverse the trend. This means using…
On The Subject of Wetlands
Posted by Steve Stawarz
It’s not every day that a Pulitzer Prize winner writes a book about the environment and climate change. Well, Fen,…
Reflections on Interning at Green Earth Harvest
Posted by Sheryl Fasone
By Annalise Chelsen, Mains Intern at The Conservation Foundation Everyone eats. But not everyone knows where their food comes…
By Hand
Posted by Sheryl Fasone
By Dan Lobbes, Vice President of Land & Watershed Programs Planted by hand. Nurtured by hand. Weeded by hand.…
A Nature-Friendly Case for Leaving Your Leaves
Posted by Lea Rodbarry
When you clean up leaves, you clean out habitat for overwintering bees, butterflies, and many other critters. On the flipside,…
Mission Fair
Posted by Alli McIlvain
Please join us for the finale event of our 50th Anniversary year! Mission Fair Thursday, November 10th 5:00 –…
Welcome to Our New Team Members
Posted by Alli McIlvain
We have new (and some not-so-new) team members at The Conservation Foundation who we are thrilled to introduce! Please…
