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from 7:00 a.m. until sunset, every day of the year.
Today's Sunrise Sunset in Decatur, IL:
Sunrise is at: 5:40 AM
Sunset is at: 8:04 PM
Macon
County Conservation District is your entryway to more than 3,200
acres of nature, wildlife and outdoor recreation.
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 Test
your environmental knowledge with this week's Green Tip!
True or False?
Computers
should remain on to save energy.
See the answer
here...
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 Homestead
Prairie Farm, an 1860 living history site and house museum, opens
for the season on June 1, 2008 and will be open for tours every
Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. until
October 26, 2008.
Visit our special
events page to learn
more... |
 It's
time to get out the camping gear again! Friends Creek Conservation
Area Campground is now open!
Campsites are
available on a first come, first served basis or by reservation.
Campground includes electric and non-electric sites, showers,
flush toilets, and a dump station.
See more information about camping
at Friends Creek Conservation Area. |
 The Macon
County Conservation District has offered quality day camp experiences
to the youth of Macon County for over 20 years. Our camps are a
perfect place for positive, fun, and well-supervised opportunities
for children to interact with nature.
Through hands-on, outdoor experiences,
including hikes, arts and crafts, games, activities and play, children
will have a fun and exciting summer while they gain awareness and
knowledge of the “natural” world and an appreciation
of local history. Learn more about
the camps being offered and how
to register... |
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Springtime is a great season to enjoy wildflowers, birds, trails and ponds of Macon County Conservation areas.
See
Program & Events to find out what's
happening throughout the Macon County Conservation District. |
| We
invite you to read The
Prairie Islander, newsletter of the Macon County Conservation
District. |
 The
Macon County Conservation District and Macon County Conservation
Foundation will be dedicating the Rodney T. Miller Wetland
on Monday, May 19 at 1:00 P.M. The wetland
area is located at the northeast corner of Brozio Lane and
Rock Springs Road at the Rock Springs
Conservation Area in Decatur, Illinois. Click
here for
a map of the Rock Springs Area.
The
public is invited to attend the ceremony honoring Rodney T.
Miller, Jean Harper and Ray Harper whose families and friends
made the wetland improvements and wildlife viewing areas possible.
The dedication ceremony will be held at 1:00 P.M. followed
by wetland hikes led by a naturalist, and the planting of wildflowers.
Public Information Session Scheduled
to Present Restoration Plans for Griswold Conservation Area
On Thursday, May
29, 2008 from 4:30-7:00, the Macon County Conservation
District will hold a public information session to review
plans for the restoration of the Griswold
Conservation Area. The
meeting will be held at the Blue Mound Memorial Public Library,
213 N. St. Marie Street, Blue Mound, Illinois. The concept
plans will be available for review and staff will be on hand to
answer questions.
Download a copy of the restoration
plans for Griswold Conservation Area here.
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| Visit Macon
County Conservation Areas for hiking, bicycling,
cross-country skiing, horseback riding, picnicking, fishing, and
enjoying nature. Click
on the links below for more information & maps to each conservation
area:
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Do
you like camping and meeting new people?
The Conservation District has an opening for a volunteer host at Friends Creek Campground. For more information, complete description of the position, and position application, stop by the Conservation District’s business office at 3939 Nearing Lane, Decatur, IL or see our Volunteers page.
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The Macon County Conservation District invites you to visit the many natural areas in Macon County, Illinois, including Rock Springs Visitor Center
which offers nature programs, special activities, nature hikes, summer camps, music programs, conference rooms for all ages throughout the year in Decatur, Illinois.
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