
Paint with Nature This Summer
Youth ages 5–10 are invited to get creative and explore the natural world at the University of Illinois Extension 4 H Nature’s Paint Box workshop series happening this summer across Carroll, Lee, and Whiteside counties.

Youth ages 5–10 are invited to get creative and explore the natural world at the University of Illinois Extension 4 H Nature’s Paint Box workshop series happening this summer across Carroll, Lee, and Whiteside counties.

Natural Land Institute (NLI) invites the community to the family friendly BioBlitz! outdoor adventure at Silver Creek Woods Preserve, 6040 Tipple Rd., Rockford, IL.

With the arrival of warm, wet weather, mosquitoes are becoming more prevalent.

NAGSs of Whiteside County will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, June 11th at 6 p.m. at Odell Public Library in Morrison, with the agenda

Youth in the Sauk Valley will have the opportunity to explore the outdoors and learn about the natural world this summer through Junior Master Naturalist Camp, offered by University of Illinois Extension in partnership with local nature centers.

The annual Lyndon Car Show is billed as a “rain or shine” event, and this year it lived up to that disclaimer.

Save the date of August 15th and join us here at Prophetstown Library for a Backyard Herbalism Workshop.

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that it will be shutting off the bridge’s roadway lights on the U.S. 52 Mississippi River Bridge (Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge) in Carroll County and U.S. 30 Mississippi River Bridge (Gateway Bridge) in Whiteside County beginning Friday, June 12th.

Rockford, IL – NLI’s Legacy Tree Program announces the June Tree of the Month is an American Elm (Ulmus americana) located at Capron United Methodist Church, 250 W. North St., Capron, IL.

Did you plant a tree this past spring? How about last fall? Do you have a mature tree that you are caring for? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this article is for you because when you are caring for a tree, you are tasked with caring for the above-ground portion and the below-ground portion.
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