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Get eUpdates Donate Join CFC Home Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name * Company Street address City State Zip Areas of Interest General Volunteering Events Educational Programs Youth Activities Plant Sales Restoration Work Days Native Seed Gardeners Habitat Corridors Email Format html text Navigation Conservation What we do CFC Preserves CFC Preserves Overview Map of CFC’s Preserves Baker’s Lake Savanna Barrington Bog Craftsbury Preserve Farm Trails North Flint Creek Savanna Grigsby Prairie Heron Marsh / Twin Ponds The Highlands Hill ‘N Dale Preserve Steyermark Woods Wagner Fen Barrington Greenway Initiative (BGI) Habitat Corridors Community Engagement Community Education Overview Community Education Community Engagement Overview Healthy maintenance Seasonal tips Programs for Groups Youth Summer Camps Learning Resources Learning Resources Overview Invasive plants Ask CFC Other Experts Suggested Reading and Videos Youth and Young Adult Education Youth and Young Adult Education Overview Junior Naturalist Home Education Information on Junior Naturalist Camp Fourth Graders on the Prairie Internships Habitat Corridors Events Calendar Community Education Scheduled Programs Annual Meeting Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sales Spring Native Plant, Shrub, & Tree Sale Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale BGI Events Bird Walks Volunteer Opportunities Information on Junior Naturalist Camp Ignite the Night! Get Involved Get involved Become a Member Donate today Restoration Workdays Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sales Spring Native Plant, Shrub, & Tree Sale Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale Community Education Youth and Young Adult Education Information on Junior Naturalist Camp 2022 Native Seed Gardeners Habitat Corridors Calendar Native Plants Native Plants Native Plant Database Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sales Spring Native Plant, Shrub, & Tree Sale Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale Habitat Corridors Native plant lists Notable natives Native Seed GardenersAbout CFC Mission History Awards Grants Board and Staff Newsletter archives Contact Us Site Contents Search Conservation What we do CFC Preserves CFC Preserves Overview Map of CFC’s Preserves Baker’s Lake Savanna Barrington Bog Craftsbury Preserve Farm Trails North Flint Creek Savanna Grigsby Prairie Heron Marsh / Twin Ponds The Highlands Hill ‘N Dale Preserve Steyermark Woods Wagner Fen Barrington Greenway Initiative (BGI) Habitat Corridors Community Engagement Community Education Overview Community Education Community Engagement Overview Healthy maintenance Seasonal tips Programs for Groups Youth Summer Camps Learning Resources Learning Resources Overview Invasive plants Ask CFC Other Experts Suggested Reading and Videos Youth and Young Adult Education Youth and Young Adult Education Overview Junior Naturalist Home Education Information on Junior Naturalist Camp Fourth Graders on the Prairie Internships Habitat Corridors Events Calendar Community Education Scheduled Programs Annual Meeting Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sales Spring Native Plant, Shrub, & Tree Sale Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale BGI Events Bird Walks Volunteer Opportunities Information on Junior Naturalist Camp Ignite the Night! Get Involved Get involved Become a Member Donate today Restoration Workdays Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sales Spring Native Plant, Shrub, & Tree Sale Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale Community Education Youth and Young Adult Education Information on Junior Naturalist Camp 2022 Native Seed Gardeners Habitat Corridors Calendar Native Plants Native Plants Native Plant Database Native Plant, Shrub and Tree Sales Spring Native Plant, Shrub, & Tree Sale Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale Habitat Corridors Native plant lists Notable natives Native Seed GardenersAbout CFC Mission History Awards Grants Board and Staff Newsletter archives Contact Us Site Contents Search Citizens for Conservation Saving Living Space for Living Things Citizens for Conservation (CFC) is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment that once covered northeastern Illinois. CFC is based in Barrington, Illinois where we diligently work to restore and maintain over 777 acres across 14 separate nearby locations. Thanks to many volunteers with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests who give their time, as well as the generosity of many financial donors, we’re actively restoring the beauty and biodiversity of our land for generations to come. If you are inspired by what we do, please join us. We welcome you to get to know us better, as well as help us make the world around us a little better. Announcements Post-Plant Sale Discounts | May 7-9 May 8, 2024 Ignite the Night! 2024 May 8, 2024 Register for Summer Camp today! April 1, 2024 Fall 2023 Newsletter March 2, 2024 Barrington Area Spring Bird Walks & Hikes 2024 February 9, 2024 CFC’s Mission: To Protect, Educate and Restore Protect CFC protects natural areas. We led the initiative to protect over 3200 acres of public land in the Barrington, Illinois area. Years of planning, urging, and negotiating resulted in the creation of four new forest preserves: Ela Marsh, Fox River Preserve and Marina, Grassy Lake Preserve and Baker’s Lake Younghusband Prairie. CFC itself owns fourteen nature preserves encompassing 777 acres. Generous donors gave us much of this land, but CFC has purchased over 411 acres through fundraising campaigns. Educate CFC educates the community about natural resources and good environmental practices. Hundreds of people have attended our adult education programs on diverse subjects. Our award-winning Youth Education classes help children discover nature and develop their interest in the outdoors. Our preserves are open to members and donors, and we provide tours and bird watching for the public. CFC can approve volunteer hours for high school National Honor Society membership or community service programs. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Eagle Scouts implement CFC projects under our guidance. Restore CFC restores native plant communities — prairie, oak savanna and wetland. Our prairie restoration successes have been the subject of articles in two British publications, and our floating island installations and grassland bird restoration efforts have been featured in two nationally broadcast TV programs. Restoration helps protect and perpetuate the diverse indigenous species of plants and animals that give our communities their special value. Acting as stewards of the land, we transplant wildflowers, remove weeds, clear brush, collect and sow seed, and conduct controlled burns. Conservation Barrington Greenway Initiative (BGI) Habitat Corridors Our preserves Baker’s Lake Savanna Barrington Bog Craftsbury Preserve Farm Trails North Flint Creek Savanna Grigsby Prairie Heron Marsh / Twin Ponds Hill ‘N Dale Preserve Steyermark Woods The Highlands Wagner Fen Education Community Education Healthy maintenance Notable natives Programs for Groups Seasonal tips Internships Learning Resources Overview Ask CFC Invasive plants Native plant lists Other Experts Suggested reading Youth and Young Adult Education Educational Resources, Speaker Bureau & Internships Fourth Graders on the Prairie Junior Naturalist Home Education Youth Education Events Get Involved Become a member Eco monitoring — plants & animals Native Seed Gardeners Restoration Workdays Events BGI Events Bird Walks Calendar Fall Native Tree and Shrub Sale Ignite the Night! 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