Lake County is named after its many water bodies. This includes Lake Michigan and nearly 200 other lakes and rivers, along with 400 miles of streams, and thousands of acres of wetlands. The Lakes Management Unit has been collecting water quality...

"Coyotes Among Us" by Dr. Stan Gehrt and Kerry Luft. Join us for an exciting in person or online program about our apex predator at Lake County's premier museum.

Join us on Friday, October 25th at 4 pm at Kroll's Fall Harvest Farm for an update on the proposed Waukegan airport expansion and it's impact on the Waukegan Savanna. Afterwards tour the corn maze with this year's theme on Pollinators.

On Sunday, October 20, water quality specialists from the Lake County Health Department will highlight ongoing projects to control invasive carp in our waterways, monitor vector-borne diseases, and reduce nutrient enrichment in impaired lakes.

It's been a minute since the Woods & Wetlands Group offered a local Sierra Club outing or hike. Let's change that ... starting with a meetup at the Beer Garden at Independence Grove in Libertyville at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 29.

Clean Power Lake County will celebrate the opening of its new downtown Waukegan office space on Saturday, September 21, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house.

Dr. Stanley Gehrt, an international expert on urban wildlife, will headline a special in-person speaker event offering a new perspective on coyotes on Thursday, November 21. Presented by the Woods & Wetlands Group of the Illinois Sierra Club and...

The failings of our privately owned railroad system have added up over the last 30 years. “Putting America Back on Track,” a new white paper, says the solution is a publicly owned railroad system.

Learn why you should consider a heat pump air conditioner.

The transportation sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Illinois, responsible for whopping one-third of carbon emissions in the state. We have a plan to reduce that number.