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News Releases

September 16, 2019

Campus Rain Garden Receives Upgrades
The first-ever rain garden at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is receiving a complete makeover this fall. Illinois Extension and Facilities & Services (F&S) are renovating the Red Oak Rain Garden, located between Allen Hall and McKinley Health Center near Dorner Drive...

August 22, 2019

Master Volunteers’ Involvement at Mason Tree Nursery Expands to Help 8-State Project Wingspan
University of Illinois Extension, Fulton-Mason-Peoria-Tazewell Unit, Master Naturalists and Masters Gardeners have become involved in a partnership among the Illinois Department Natural Resources (IDNR), Mason State Tree Nursery, and Pollinator Partnership in an effort to enhance land across the...

Master Naturalist collecting data about Bluebirds in the field

July 29, 2017

Macon County Master Naturalist gives back
MACON COUNTY, Ill. – Before opening a bluebird box, Master Naturalist Clarence Josefson always knocks. This seemingly polite gesture is really an act of self-preservation, because birds can get a bit ornery when you start poking around their nests. “One time I was attacked by 14 tree...