DIXON, IOWA (May 25, 2022) — Trees Forever, Scott County Conservation Board, Scott County Roadsides, and partners are offering the Stewards of the Beautiful Land Series to individuals in Scott and surrounding counties. Stewards of the Beautiful Land is a four-session course, meeting monthly, geared for the outdoor enthusiast who wants to learn more about prairie plants, trees, and forests, and the environments they thrive in, and how to advocate for native landscapes.

COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (April 27, 2021) — The Niabi Zoo is excited to announce the birth of two Fennec Foxes ( Vulpes zerda). Fennec foxes are native to the Sahara and Sinai deserts of North Africa, and are active hunters of small mammals and reptiles. Fennec foxes are the smallest of all fox species and are known for their unusually large ears that serve to both locate prey underground and to dissipate heat from their bodies in the harsh desert environment.

WASHINGTON DC (April 19, 2022) — American Rivers today named the Mississippi River one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2022, highlighting the threats that habitat destruction and pollution, com

COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (March 23, 2022) — The members of the Niabi Zoo & Forest Preserves Foundation have, like all of us, been watching the events unfold in the Ukraine since the invasion by Russia on February 24. No one can watch this destruction occur and not be impacted by the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding in real time right before our eyes.