McHenry County's landscape is richly diversified. Its features range from glacial geological remnants such as kames, moraines, and outwash plains, to the more recent woodlands, prairies, stream corridors, bogs and fens.

Lifelong residents, as well as new residents, are attracted to McHenry County's special combination of towns, hamlets, natural areas, and rural agricultural fields and farmsteads. Since 1991, The Land Conservancy has helped protect over 1400 acres of McHenry County's prairies, wetlands and woodlands by working with private landowners, communities and developers.

We do this by direct acquisition of property (through purchase or donation),
or the establishment of conservation easements.

When we take such sites under our care, it is our intention that they will be protected
on behalf of the community, in perpetuity.