Pests
A note from the Pesticide Use Committee
Safe
Garden Pest Control.
Pesticide Use in Your Neighborhood:
Download helpful fact sheet
For several years, communities and townships have chosen to spray adulticide in an attempt to eliminate mosquitoes. However, many people don't realize that most of the mosquitoes frequenting their yards were also bred in their yard or their neighbors'.Here are suggestions for eliminating mosquito-breeding sites around your house and neighborhood.
Improving
Mosquito Management ...about mosquitos, concerns about current management
techniques, alternative management strategies.
West Nile
Info from the CDC
Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus
Communities that have held off spraying for the last 20-30 years are adulticiding
again due to the threat of the West Nile Virus ...and a lack of public
education.
Know the facts...read the
West Nile FAQ
Help suppress breeding...the
IEPA announces Project Tre
Lawn Care
Grass Clippings - good as gold for
your lawn.
Non-Toxic Lawn Care.
Yard Waste Drop-off Facilities.
Composting
How does a compost pile work?
Can I compost food?
Compost - OK, Play in the Dirt!
The Challenges and Rewards of Composting
The County
Farming as a Strategic Land Use:
Community Supported Agriculture
CSA's may be one way of promoting conversion or protection
of strategically located open space.
Prairie
Sanctuaries in McHenry County.
C.M. Hassrick of
Conservation Design Forum demonstrates that residential and commericial
development need not cost more to protect the unique resources of the
Kishwaukee watershed between Huntley and Woodstock. Program was Saturday
Feb 8 at Congregational Unitarian Church in Woodstock. Download the plan
under "Projects" at www.cdfinc.com.
Join the Yards for Nature Campaign.
Your Lawn Care affects our water...what can you do?
Should I consider native landscaping?
Let Nature do your yard work...
Plant a natural yard.
The Home Your town
Land Application of Municipal Wastewater
can be an economic alternative to wastewater treatment plants and the pollution
of rivers, lakes, and streams:
Things to Remember When Gathering Native Seed.
Seed Storage Pointers.
Books and Videos About Natural Landscaping Available
at Defenders' Library
Clean Air Begins at Home.
Clean naturally.
Consumer Confidence Report on Water Quality -
have you received yours?
The CCR is an annual report that notifies the public of the quality of their drinking water and identifies any foreign substances that might be a threat to your health.
Huntley To Reduce Discharge into Kishwaukee River
...plan includes reuse of water for Del Webb irrigation.
Defenders Continue
Transportation Advocacy Efforts
On April 23, 2004 the Defenders testified at the Illinois House of Representatives Illinois Toll Highway Special Committee Hearing in Lake County.
The 2030 Regional Transportation Plan