PRESERVING NATURAL AREAS
for PEOPLE, for WILDLIFE,
FOREVER
in
EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS
Sponsorships from individuals and businesses help make our Mudpuppy Festival a yearly winter highlight for nature enthusiasts of all ages! We're planning now for the next festival on Saturday, February 1, 2025. To add your support, click below to make a sponsorship donation securely online. Questions? Contact Deanna Glosser at 217-725-5886.
Our favorite fall events are returning again, as sure as fall itself! Grab a jacket and bring the kids for free family fun, made possible by LCF's work to preserve our local natural treasures. Mark your calendar for Halloween on the Levee Trail on October 27 and our Black Friday Hike on November 29. See our events page for details. Photo by Teresa DeWitt.
LCF has been working to raise the funds to acquire a 12-acre parcel to expand the Mouth of Jordan Reserve to 27 acres. Because of the generosity of so many LCF supporters, the funds were raised for the parcel — and for future stewardship needs. Thank you, donors! Protection of this tract will allow LCF to extend our hiking trail from the river up into the upland forest, and it will help protect the Salt Fork River. Photo by Melissa Records.
Learn what's so unusual about the mudpuppy salamander, and watch our video of researchers looking for mudpuppies in the Sangamon River at Allerton Park. Mudpuppies have also been found in LCF's nearby Sangamon River Corridor Reserve. LCF's Mudpuppy Festival celebrates all of the wonderful wildlife and natural lands that LCF is working to protect — especially the unique and fascinating mudpuppy salamander! Photo by Alex Lourash.
LCF is delighted to announce that, in memory of devoted LCF volunteer Bob Feller, his wife, Theresa, has donated 20 acres to LCF. The newly named Feller Woods sits along the Sangamon River in Piatt County. Watch for details soon, here and in our e-newsletter!
Follow a unique raised trail to the Sangamon River and our floodplain forest restoration. Visit the Sangamon River Corridor Reserve near Monticello.
LCF works to ensure a future with abundant clean water by focusing on rivers, wetlands, and groundwater.
All creatures who share our Illinois home benefit from LCF's work to connect and improve natural lands and waters.
LCF offers opportunities to encounter nature nearby, inspiring wonder and a future commitment to preservation.
Coyotes, mink, busy beavers, a bobcat, and a bunch of turkeys! They've all been caught on camera at our Sangamon River Corridor Reserve.