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Outdoor Classroom
Century School Outdoor Classroom opens - teaching conservation and forest management to High School StudentsShawnee RC&D is proud to be a supporting organization for the Century School Outdoor Classroom. From it's initial founding, the RC&D has always...
On the Trail: For the forest, fire can be a healing medicine
Right now, if you drive through Giant City State Park near the Stonefort Trailhead, you'll notice that there has been a fire -- a 200-acre fire to be exact. But far from being an accident, that fire was "prescribed" like a healing medicine for the forest and carried...
Shawnee RC&D Receives $400k for Oak Ecosystem Restoration
The Shawnee RC&D has received final approval on the funding of a multi-year project, "Cross Boundary Oak Ecosystem Restoration in Southern Illinois", from the USDA Forest Service.This projects builds upon the success of the Let the Sun Shine in project and expands...
2020 Annual Meeting Postponed
In response to the Covid-19 Stay at Home Order, The 2020 Shawnee RC&D Annual Meeting has been postponed. At this time the Council is weighing options to move our meeting to an online or by-phone option which will allow members to vote on new officers. Project...
New Illinois Laws Ban Planting of Invasive Species
A number of new laws recently went into affect in Illinois, with the turning of the year. The Exotic Weed Act (SB 681/PA 99-0081) adds more than 17 plant types to Illinois Exotic Weed Act, which includes bush honeysuckle, autumn olive, salt cedar, poison hemlock,...