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Help protect Milan Bottoms by becoming a member of the Natural Land Institute at www.naturalland.org Alternatively, donations (cash, land, etc.)

In July of 2008, the Natural Land Institute (NLI) with assistance from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and Grand Victoria Foundation and guidance from US Fish & Wildlife Service and Illinois Department of Natural Resources, purchased 92 acres of land in Milan Bottoms which has access from Illinois Highway 92 to the backwaters of th

e Mississippi River (public land). With guidance from NLI Stewardship Staff, much of the maintenance work is done by volunteers. Recent volunteers have included NLI members, duck hunters that utilize the property for access to duck blinds on public land, and representatives of various conservation partners. Those interested in volunteering should contact NLI directly. NLI’s mission is to create an enduring legacy of natural land in northern Illinois for people, plants, and animals. The Milan Bottoms property is a piece of a larger backwater ecosystem on the Mississippi River (approximately 3,500 acres). Landowners that want to make permanent their own legacy of natural land can contact NLI to discuss various options. Examples include conservation easements, land donations, fee title sales, and estate planning options. to NLI help make these conservation projects possible. Any grant available for permanent conservation requires matching funds and long term maintenance plans. The purchase of this property was pieced together from 5 sources including cash from NLI. As a conservation land trust NLI always works with partners and the community on conservation projects. The final product of conservation may be owned by NLI, the Department of Natural Resources, a forest preserve district, another conservation land trust, or, in the case of conservation easements, the original owner. Read through the NLI website, naturalland.org, for more details.

02/18/2022

Spread love not invasives.

03/05/2021

Folks interested in getting ecological fire training, there is a field day coming up in Rock Island. There are far and few between.

01/21/2021

Already a problem in Western Illinois, invasive honeysuckle is filling every canopy opening left by dying ash trees. Here is some ongoing research on water quality concerns.

Scientists have long known that bush honeysuckle is an aggressive invasive species. However, they have only recently begun to understand the negative effect it has on aquatic ecosystems.

12/14/2020

Last Thursday volunteers got a burn in on the CRP prairie at Milan Bottoms. We had 3 goals: knock back woody plants, make teasel rosettes visible for treatment, and clear the ground for new seed. Since woodies and teasel are a growing issue all around we burned the entire site. Thanks to Albert Peterson for mowing the breaks and Eric Anderson for leading the burn. Black Hawk State Historic Site staff and Rock Island Park District staff were integral in getting this done. Many thanks.

12/01/2020

Something a little different this

This year has been extraordinary. You have been extraordinary. Each day as the sun rises and sets we are grateful to you, our donors and volunteers, who have supported Natural Land Institute throughout the year. Thank you to each and every one of you.

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Milan, IL
61264

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