Our Annual Natural Landscaping Seminar is Saturday, February 28, 2026.

The WPPC’s annual Natural Landscaping Seminar will be held on February 28, 2026 at McHenry County College.  Online Registration is open now through February 22.  Presentations will include midwestern butterflies and moths, woodland restoration from forests to front yards, plants in high-quality remnant prairies and a discussion of the Piping Plover conservation success story.  The price will be a very reasonable $50 for online or early mail-in, and $55 at the door.  The price will include access to all four presentations, our book table, vendor booths from local conservation organizations and our famous buffet lunch.  For more information and a schedule of events, please see our seminar webpage.

Caring for the Wildlife in Your Yard

So you’ve taken steps to naturalize your property and move parts of it closer to a native habitat.  Good job!  Odds are that you’re seeing more wildlife in those natural areas.  What can you do to protect it from man-made dangers? Check out the WPPC’s Wildlife Friendly Living Flyer of course!  It has a few basic steps you can take to help the wildlife in your yard thrive in the natural areas you’ve created or preserved.  The first part of the flyer mentions mosquito dunk buckets as an extremely effective way to control mosquitos in your yard.  If you’d like to know how to make one, there is a great tutorial on Doug Tallamy’s Home Grown National Park Website.