The Pantagraph’s 10 best hikes in Central Illinois Lenore Sobota Jul 2, 2021. Updated Jul 17, 2021 BLOOMINGTON — Central Illinois might not have mountains or an ocean, but it has trails…
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Watch now: Hike a true native prairie at Weston Cemetery
Watch now: Hike a true native prairie at Weston Cemetery Lenore Sobota Jul 12, 2021. Updated Jul 24, 2021 https://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/recreation/watch-now-hike-a-true-native-prairie-at-weston-cemetery/article_460eab3e-da84-5520-8a18-ec333ee222e8.html WESTON — The first thing you notice when you pull into…
Watch now: Towering bur oak a place to rest during Sweeney Woods hike
Watch now: Towering bur oak a place to rest during Sweeney Woods hike Lenore Sobota https://www.pantagraph.com/outdoors/watch-now-towering-bur-oak-a-place-to-rest-during-sweeney-woods-hike/article_9d9c3a8e-8437-5068-b526-a548b1ac64d8.html Jun 7, 2021 Play Video Explore once frequently flooded farmland that now hosts trails,…
Planting Mohr Trees
PLANTING MOHR TREES Watch now: ParkLands Foundation site near Lexington part of new Tree Corps initiative Lenore Sobota Apr 5, 2021 https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-parklands-foundation-site-near-lexington-part-of-new-tree-corps-initiative/article_5b98f516-4392-5562-8b99-51292cfb51b7.html Play Video Land steward Jason Shoemaker discusses the…
PRAIRIE PURSUITS: Explore namesakes of ‘Prairie State’ in Central Illinois
NORMAL — Jessica Chambers of the ParkLands Foundation remembers the lament of a speaker who came to town for a nature talk a few years ago. “He said, ‘I drove four hours through…
ParkLands Foundation Land Purchase Expands Nature Preserve System
PRESS RELEASE: 24 September 2019 Jessica Chambers, President, ParkLands Foundation, jmchamb@ilstu.edu, 309-287-8768 Jolie Krasinski, Program Officer, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, jkrasinski@IllinoisCleanEnergy.org, 847-528-0085 PARKLANDS FOUNDATION LAND PURCHASE EXPANDS NATURE PRESERVE…
ParkLands Foundation Celebrates The Mysterious Magnificent Mudpuppy
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: May 10, 2019 Contact: Jessica Chambers, ParkLands Foundation President Phone: 309-287-8768 ParkLands Foundation Celebrates The Mysterious Magnificent Mudpuppy The ParkLands Foundation is hosting a free…
ParkLands Foundation Land Purchase Expands Nature Preserve System
PRESS RELEASE: 24 July 2017 Dan Deneen, President, ParkLands Foundation, dandeneen@ilaw202.com, 309.663.0555 Jolie Krasinski, Program Officer, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, jkrasinski@IllinoisCleanEnergy.org, 847-528-0085 PARKLANDS FOUNDATION LAND PURCHASE EXPANDS NATURE PRESERVE…
ParkLands Foundation Receives Community Stewardship Challenge Grant For Natural Areas
PRESS RELEASE June 7, 2016 Jim Franks, President, ParkLands Foundation, jfranks222@comcast.net, 309.530.5218 Jolie Krasinski, Program Officer, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, jkrasinski@IllinoisCleanEnergy.org, 847.528.0085 PARKLANDS FOUNDATION RECEIVES COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP CHALLENGE GRANT…
Pantagraph.com – Welcome mat out for bluebirds at the golf course
Welcome mat out for bluebirds at the golf course MARCH 27, 2015 6:45 AM • LENORE SOBOTA LSOBOTA@PANTAGRAPH.COM BLOOMINGTON — While golfers putted on a nearby green, Frank Zimmerman and…