Ogle County Clean-up Day grant application open
By Shane Nicholson Managing Editor Sprucing up Ogle County is top priority as the Solid Waste Management Department (OCSWMD) is again inviting applications for Clean-up Day grants. Clean-up Days allow...
View ArticleCSW announces RRC connection
Staff Report Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW), a group of almost 70 nonprofits, added seven new members recently including Rock River Coalition (RRC), a group dedicated to monitoring and restoring...
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A child’s right to explore outdoors
By Robert and Sonia Vogl President and Vice President, Illinois Renewable Energy Association The annual earth day awards luncheon sponsored by Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful is an event we look...
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Registration open for Great American Cleanup
Staff Report Online registration is available for both Winnebago and Boone County collection routes for the 27th Annual Great American Cleanup scheduled for April 25. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful...
View ArticleSpring in a restored woodland
By Robert Vogl and Sonia Vogl President and Vice President, Illinois Renewable Energy Association Introduction: We have been managing our woodland for over 30 years since we first discovered garlic...
View ArticleHive collapse: what is causing the deaths of bees?
By Robert and Sonia Vogl President and Vice President, Illinois Renewable Energy Association Yesterday we watched as our dog snapped unsuccessfully at a big bumblebee lazily buzzing past her. While it...
View ArticleWater advocates, Illinois businesses applaud release of EPA’s Clean Water Rule
From the Prairie Rivers Network Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalized the Clean Water Rule, providing Clean Water Act protections for many streams,...
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Volunteers clear water trail on Koshkonong Creek
Staff Report Last weekend the Friends of Glacial Heritage Area’s Paddle Volunteer Corps worked to clear a paddling water trail on the Koshkonong Creek between Cambridge and Rockdale, Wisconsin. Corps...
View ArticleMaster Naturalists needed to preserve state’s environment
By Sharita Forrest U of I News Bureau CHAMPAIGN — Adults who have a passion for the outdoors – and are interested in sharing that with others – are needed statewide as volunteers in the University of...
View ArticleLetter: Rock River Sweep a success again
To all the people who turned out Saturday to help clean up the river, a big thank you. You were an important part of the whole effort, and together with volunteers in South Beloit, Roscoe, Machesney...
View ArticleU of I Extension to host Naked Tree Walk at Burpee Jan. 25
From U of I Extension Raise a few eyebrows and join University of Illinois Extension at a Naked Tree Walk
View ArticleIllinois considers improvement to Water Usage Stamp
From the Illinois Paddling Council The current Illinois Water Usage Stamp (WUS) requirements oblige any out-of-state, visiting paddler to purchase
View ArticleAll About Birds Exhibit open house set for Jan. 31 at Atwood Center
Staff Report A new exhibit has landed at Atwood Center, 2685 New Milford School Road, Rockford. The “All About Birds
View ArticleByron Forest Preserve District offers free Sunday afternoon lecture series
Staff Report BYRON, Illinois — Byron Forest Preserve District is offering a series of free Sunday afternoon lectures at the
View ArticleFind time for green recreation
By Allen Penticoff Contributor I am in love. And as happens when one first falls in love – one cannot
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