Monarch butterfly numbers are down a dramatic 90%. What’s to be done? The easy solution is plant milkweed. Kay MacNeil, director of Milkweed for Monarchs, wants to distribute 10,000 seed packets this year! To get samples of three different kinds of milkweed and lots of information, send a stamped self
The Oswegoland Heritage Association and the Little White School Museum will host a “Hafenrichter History Hike at Farmington Lake” Saturday, May 23, starting at 10 a.m.. Participants will meet in the parking lot off of Douglas Road and Farmington Lakes Drive, and should expect mild walking conditions for the roughly
Garfield Farm Museum, 2N930 Garfield Road Campton Hills, is offering a two-hour prairie walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 23. The tour will be led by Jerome Johnson, the museum’s biologist. With the beginning of summer, this is an opportunity to become familiarized with the specific ecosystem of Garfield Farm
The Sierra Club Valley of the Fox will host its monthly program on Data Centers, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18, at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S Batavia Ave., Batavia, and on Zoom. Are data centers an asset to our communities or a threat? What can local municipalities do
The 29th annual Gardeners’ Sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, 1870 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora, the parking lot behind West Aurora Learning Center. The Fox Valley Garden Club features plants from members’ gardens, as well as annuals and perennials from local nurseries available
Greater Kane County Illinois Chapter of Wild Ones annual Native Plant Sale will take place Saturday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gray Willows Farm, 5N 949 Corron Road, St. Charles. The public is welcome to peruse the wheelchair-accessible seed/plant sale, with a large section of native
Joliet resident, Michelle Wendling, won April’s portion of the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s photo contest with this picture of Virginia bluebells at O’Hara Woods Preserve in Romeoville.
Many attendees enjoyed Aurora Greenfest during the bright day May 2.
The City of Aurora government is launching a public naming contest for four baby falcons who hatched while under the wings of their mother on the side of City Hall. In early April, a falcon named Vixen began nesting in a crevice on the second floor of the exterior of
Spring has blossomed on the prairie land at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory with one of the laboratory’s most cherished traditions: The arrival of the first newborn American bison calf. The first cinnamon-colored baby bison was born and is healthy, and the calf is staying close to its mother as it
The City of Aurora government, in partnership with the Mayor’s Sustainable Aurora Advisory Board and Aurora GreenLights, an affiliate of The Conservation Foundation, will celebrate the return of Aurora GreenFest Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. The free, family-friendly event, which is returning following a one-year hiatus,
The City of Aurora government is set to host two significant clean-up events Saturday, April 25, to commemorate Earth Day. The City’s Community Engagement Division will be spearheading Aurora’s first-ever city-wide clean-up event from 9 a.m. to noon throughout all 10 of the City’s Wards. Each Ward will have one
State representative Matt Hanson, D-Montgomery, is inviting his district to join him in spring cleaning with two separate events: An Earth Day litter and debris cleanup and a community shred event, both taking place Saturday, April 25. The cleanup will be at Montgomery Dam Park from 8 a.m. to 11
Want to visit the bison at Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve, 13N240 Engel Rd., Sycamore. The gates to the preserve will open at sunrise Friday, May 1. The Forest Preserve District of Kane County made history when it brought six bison back onto Kane County prairie for the first time in
Garfield Farm Museum museum director Jerome Johnson will lead a walk through the museum’s Garfield Harley Pond and Woods, at 9 a.m. Saturday May 2, 2N930 Garfield Road Campton Hills. Impacts of the recent rains and swings in temperature have sped up the warming of the soils and activity in
Celebrate Earth Day by helping plant 500 native trees and shrubs Saturday, April 18 at 10 a.m. sharp at Fabyan Forest Preserve, 517 E. Fabyan Parkway, Batavia. Parking is available behind the Recycling Center, off Fabyan Parkway. No registration required. The event will take place rain or shine. Volunteers will
Laurie Lasseter of Woodridge won the Forest Preserve District of Will County’s March portion of the Preserve the Moment photo contest with her picture of a gull fighting with a bald eagle over a fish at Whalon Lake in Naperville.
The City of Aurora government will host a free Electronics Recycling Drive-Thru from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 25 at the Route 59 Metra Train Station, 1090 N. IL Route 59. All items are free to recycle, including televisions, but registration is required for the first 2,000 Aurora residents
Fifth Ward alderman, Carl Franco, will host an Aurora Fifth Ward neighborhood cleanup Saturday, April 25, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Hall Elementary School, 2001 Heather Drive. Trash compactor trucks will accept items, including toys, bicycles, grills, wood, metal, household appliances, furniture, mattresses, building materials, and discarded paint
“It’s up to us to (practice) sustainability.” That was the message April 2 to Aurora Lions Club members from Mavis Bates, chair of Aurora mayor John Laesch’s Sustainable Aurora advisory board. Bates, District 4 Kane County board member, also chairs the County’s energy and environmental committee. As guest speaker at
