Join Prairie Land Conservancy and Illinois Extension's 3rd Annual Conservation Tours! Hear from local land owners, land managers, and other experts about how to be a part of community conservation. Explore beautiful natural spaces from farms to nature preserves to home gardens in McDonough, Schuyler, and Hancock counties! See full May - Sept list and register at https://registration.extension.illinois.edu/start/angella-moorehouse-short-fork-seep-tour

Tour Description:

For the past 29 years, Angella Moorehouse has worked for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources as a field representative for the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission in west-central Illinois, where she prepares conservation easements to protect high-quality natural areas and assists in the management, along with flora and fauna monitoring of these sites. She has also published 6 insect field guides.

Join Angella on a tour of Illinois Nature Preserve Short Fork Seep! This 42-acre site is owned by Alice Henry, a Prairie Land Conservancy board member. The wetlands here are considered high-quality remnants: 1.7 acres of Grade B seep, and 0.3 acres of Grade B sedge meadow. Over the past 2 years, intensive management has been initiated to remove undesirable trees and shrubs to increase sunlight and promote the restoration of the wetlands, as well as the historic oak-hickory grove that existed before European settlement.

Please note this tour’s trail is rated as difficult.

Where's the tour? Registered attendees will be sent the address of the tour location via email.