Citizens For Conservation

Project Title
Native Habitat Intern Restoration Project; Tom Vanderpoel Memorial
Amount
$17,616
Category
Environment
Year
2017
Location
Barrington, IL

Funding for four, college summer interns who participate in weed control, seed production, planting plugs, education functions, and other miscellaneous conservation issues as part of a native habitat restoration project to return the Flint Creek Savanna, and other critical properties in the Barrington area, to their original (pre-1840) condition of tall grass prairie, oak and hickory savannas, sedge meadows, and wetlands as a habitat for bluebirds, bob-o-links and sand hill cranes. Donation honoring Tom Vanderpoel, board member and head of CFC’s restoration efforts. Tom was a visionary in the work of conservation, a 40 year veteran in the field and a friend to the Oberweiler Foundation.