Illinois Extension Launches Your Land, Your Legacy Landowner Workshop Series

 

 As western Illinois landowners strive for productive soil, clean water, healthy forests, and abundant wildlife, we realize it can be challenging to meet land management goals. Your Land, Your Legacy is a landowner workshop series that focuses on landowner conservation programs and techniques. According to a recent Illinois Extension survey, western Illinois landowners want to learn more about establishing pollinator plots, managing their forests properly for ecological and financial benefit, controlling invasive plants, prescribed burning, and restoring streams and ponds through skill-based, hands-on field days.

 

The first session in the Your Land, Your Legacy series is a free Conservation Assistance Programs for Landowners workshop on January 6, 2024, from 9am to 12pm at the Illinois Extension office in Quincy.  As a landowner, it can be difficult to know where to find resources and programs to assist with implementing conservation practices. During the workshop, representatives from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever, Illinois Extension, and others will be speaking, sharing resources, and providing an overview of state, federal and non-profit programs that are available. Registration for this workshop is required. Visit go.illinois.edu/ConservationPrograms or call 217/223-8380 for more information.

 

The second upcoming hands-on field session in the Your Land, Your Legacy series is Forest Stand Improvement and Chainsaw Safety to be held on February 9, 2024, from 10am to 3pm at the John Wood Community College Ag Center/University of Illinois Orr Research Center near Baylis. Participants will be trained in assessing woodlands for undesirable species and in safe use of chainsaws, safety gear to use, chainsaw cleaning/maintenance, and be provided an opportunity to practice these skills with experts.  Registration for this workshop is required and the cost is $15 per participant.  For more information, visit go.illinois.edu/Chainsaw or call 217/223-8380.

 

SOURCE: Amy Lefringhouse, Natural Resources, Environment and Energy Educator, Illinois Extension

 

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