TLC is supported by people who value the natural beauty & rural character of McHenry County. As a nonprofit, TLC does not receive taxes, but gets support from individuals. Join before May 19, 2012, and you'll be able to attend a members-only event at Yonder Prairie - Pancakes on the Prairie! Read More

Josephine Elsen’s family has a long history in McHenry County. She traces her ancestry back to John Finch and Eliza Jane (Britton) Finch, a couple who arrived from the Northeast in the 1850s. They purchased 160 acres, since whittled down to 148, west of McHenry in 1862. Read More

Thanks to Dunham Township for pledging half of the May 12th Touch-A-Truck donations to Gateway Park! It was a great event - fun for kids of all ages! Thanks also to the local businesses who donated raffle items, including Kelley's, Angelo's, Harry & Geri Alten, the Harvard Farmers Market vendors, and others. Read More

If you drive west out of Woodstock along South Street, you may have seen a new house that looks old. It overlooks an expanse of open prairie, with a remnant oak grove near the road that welcomes the eye. The owners placed a conservation easement over most of their 43 acres in 2011 so that, in their words, "no one could ever develop it." Read More

If you have it, you know it!  If you aren't sure, read carefully, because you want to be very careful around this plant!  Wild parsnip is phototoxic, meaning that the combination of the plant's oil and sunlight will cause severe burns. A friend gave us a picture of a burn he received from sunlit-contact with this nasty invasive. I won't post it here, but trust me, you don't want it!   Read More