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- How to get started with native plants in your yard
your new outdoor space. Need some guidance to get your started on your way to a yard all aflutter with activity? with your plant selections. yard and your preferences. If you’re using plugs or young plants, plan to plant at the same time you would plant your vegetable
- Five reasons to fill your yard with native plants
Looking to make some changes in your yard? If planting new plants is on your to-do list, consider including native plants in your landscaping. Our native plants here in Will County are well adapted to our climate and soil. More than half the water used outdoors is poured on our lawns and gardens to keep them green and lush On a global scale, these effects on air quality and air pollution can also contribute to preventing climate
- Foundation donates nearly $40,000 to Forest Preserve
Mammal Madness scheduled for March 2 and Pelican Party set for Sept. 28 at Four Rivers Environmental Funds are raised throughout the year via plant and merchandise sales.
- Foundation donates nearly $60,000 to Forest Preserve
That’s why protecting nature is so important – it helps keep our environment in balance to make sure our ecosystems function as they should.” Prescribed burns and volunteer supplies, supported through ComEd’s Dollars for Doers program A native plant sale Additional contributions funded bird feeding stations at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in “Our well-being is inseparable from the health of our environment, which in turn shapes the quality and
- Pollinators need our help and here's why you should take action
Many of our food and drinks are dependent on the work of pollinators. How you can help You can do your part to help the pollinator population thrive in our area by planting Native plants also attract pollinating birds and insects to your yard. Case studies In our area, butterflies are plant-dependent. Trees Many of our neighborhood trees are cultivated and not native to our area, Bryerton said.
- CITGO helps fuel fun for Pollinator Party at Isle a la Cache
) Good things come in small packages, and that’s certainly true in the natural world, where some of our tiniest creatures play a big role in our lives as pollinators, shaping the world all around us. Understanding how crucial these creatures are for our own survival is particularly important because loss, pesticide use, and climate change, and turning the tide on these losses will require a large-scale In addition, an on-site native plant sale, hosted with help from with the Nature Foundation and Nicor
- Foundation secures nearly $150,000 to enhance nature opportunities
gifts from individual donors and corporate partners as well as revenue from Forest Preserve merchandise sales “Some of them have been part of our community since our first year of operation in 2014. “Their support furthers our mission,” she said. They make our visitor centers more dynamic.” The same is true of the bird-feeding stations. We may also remember that we benefit from the very same improvements that create a healthy habitat for
- Pembina plugs into nature with funding for native plants
Preserve staff and volunteers spent a brisk fall day planting hundreds of native plant plugs around Four spots around the Four Rivers campus earlier this month. “We accomplished so much on the Four Rivers campus.” “When I’m down bent over digging, I’m seeing plants that were obviously planted last year from the same “We are infilling with some different species and kind of more of the same of the ones that are doing
- Oneok grant supports Teacher Appreciation program
For a group of local teachers, the answer to the age-old question “What did you do on your summer vacation will include spend time relaxing at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon. The Teacher Appreciation program is also a way for teachers to learn more about what Four Rivers and “It’s a way to show our thanks.” Teacher Appreciation program is not the first time Oneok has supported projects and initiatives at Four
- New bird-feeding stations inspire connections with nature
You can do it in your backyard or even from your kitchen table, enjoying the birds that come and go from your yard, or you can turn it an adventure, trekking to bird hotspots near and far to see what species you can add to your list of observed birds. “People will sit in front of the windows and watch the bird feeders, sometimes for hours,” she said. The hope is the same at Hidden Oaks, where the bird-feeding station is part of the extensive renovations
- Foundation funding brings world-class exhibitions to visitor centers
Finest: Fly-Fishing Tackle” at Monee Reservoir; and “Golden Opportunity: Botanical Illustration” at Four “The Nature Foundation funding allows us to do even more with our budget dollars,” Pond said, adding To end the year, Four Rivers hosted “Golden Opportunity: Botanical Illustration,” on loan from the Denver Later in the year, Isle a la Cache will host “Indige-Facts” and Four Rivers will host “Lost and Found creation of in-house exhibits, allowing visitor center staff to create high-quality exhibits related to our
- Foundation donates nearly $400,000 to Forest Preserve
Preserve staff to create a plan that incorporated short- and long-range goals and made possible a large-scale Romeoville. " Lost and Found – Remnants of Savannas and Old-Growth Forests " exhibit, which opens Oct. 15 at Four Nature restoration at Four Rivers Environmental Education Center, provided by Pembina.