Experienced and new volunteers of all ages are always welcome at Citizens for Conservation’s restoration workdays on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 - 11 a.m. January workdays will focus on brush cutting. Meet at CFC’s office, 459 W. Highway 22, Lake Barrington, across from Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. Bring work gloves, wear sturdy shoes and […]
CFC and Barrington Greenway Initiative sponsor special volunteer restoration day The Barrington Greenway Initiative and Citizens for Conservation will sponsor a special family-friendly volunteer workday on Saturday, January 12, from 9-11 a.m., at Craftsbury Preserve. The group will cut invasive buckthorn and brush at Craftsbury, CFC’s newest preserve. Thanks to a generous grant from the Illinois […]
Experienced and new volunteers of all ages are always welcome at Citizens for Conservation’s restoration workdays on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 - 11 a.m. January workdays will focus on brush cutting. Meet at CFC’s office, 459 W. Highway 22, Lake Barrington, across from Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. Bring work gloves, wear sturdy shoes and […]
Citizens for Conservation will launch its 2019 Community Education Program Series with “Creating Healthy Habitat for the Rusty-patched Bumblebee” on Saturday, January 26 at 10 a.m. Aurelia Nichols will discuss the rusty-patched bumblebee, the first bumblebee to be listed as federally endangered. Nichols’ prime interest is in the relationship between plants and their pollinators and how healthy habitat […]
Experienced and new volunteers of all ages are always welcome at Citizens for Conservation’s restoration workdays on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9 - 11 a.m. January workdays will focus on brush cutting. Meet at CFC’s office, 459 W. Highway 22, Lake Barrington, across from Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. Bring work gloves, wear sturdy shoes and […]
Join the festivities in Woodstock, IL-- the filming location for the 1993 release Groundhog Day. Click here for the event schedule: woodstockgroundhog.org/ For more information about Punxsutawney Phil and Friends and how Groundhog Day began: infoplease.com/groundhog-day history.com/this-day-in-history/first-groundhog-day
The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce Presents State of the Barrington Region Annual Economic Summit on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, beginning at 8:00 AM. President Martin McLaughlin will be one of the invited panelists contributing to this topic. For tickets, visit: economic summit
Integrating natural areas into your gardening practices can add value to your home landscaping. Citizens for Conservation’s 2019 Community Education Program Series will feature “Habitat Makeover: Adding Value to Your Landscape” on Saturday, February 16 at 10 a.m. Landscape architect and ecologist Andy Stahr will discuss the successful implementation of natural areas into home landscapes; he […]
For the April 2, 2019 election, registered voters in the Barrington 220 boundary area will have a chance to vote on a $185 million school district referendum question. For details visitbarrington220.org/referendum and/or attend any of the following upcoming community meetings: Saturday, Feb. 23: 9am at Barrington High School (616 West Main Street, Barrington) Monday, March 4: […]