PORT BYRON & CORDOVA, ILLINOIS (July 13, 2025) — The Rock Island County Forest Preserve District will begin resurfacing work and installation of detectible warnings on a section of the Great River Road Trail as part of an ongoing effort to improve local outdoor-recreation infrastructure.

Protandrena bancrofti

EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS (November 25, 2024) — The recent Bi-State Conservation Action Network BioBlitz event hosted at the Amôwa Forest Preserve in East Moline uncovered three rare species flourishing within its ecosystems: A rare bee species called Protandrena bancrofti, the Three-Birds Orchid and False Mermaid Weed.