Members include professionals and amateurs who share an interest in all aspects of the flora native to the state of Illinois.
The purpose of the Society is to promote the perpetuation and appreciation of native flora and fauna of Illinois and the habitats that support them.
Illinois Environmental Council
The Illinois Environmental Council promotes sound environmental laws and policies, provides a forum for environmentalists and facilitates a statewide activist network.
ISA is a citizen's organization that promotes a safe and nutritious food system, family farming, and healthy communities by advocating diverse, humane, and socially just and ecologically sustainable production and marketing practices.
Lincoln Memorial Garden & Nature Center
Planned in 1936 by the landscape architect Jens Jensen, native plants are used in a naturalistic style to re-create the character of Illinois as Abraham Lincoln knew it in his youth. There are nature trails, wildflowers and meadows.
Located just minutes from downtown Springfield, the Sanctuary provides an opportunity for urban children to experience hands-on activities and learn about the interdependence of plants, animals, and themselves.
Prairie Rivers Network is Illinois' only statewide river conservation organization, and we strive to protect the rivers and streams of Illinois and to promote the lasting health and beauty of watershed communities.
Living Lands & Waters is an environmental organization established by Chad Pregracke in 1998 and headquartered in East Moline, Illinois. Programs that Living Lands & Waters conducts are: Community Cleanups, Big River Educational Workshops, Riverbottom Forest Restoration and Adopt-a-Mississippi Mile.
REP America (Republicans for Environmental Protection)
REP America, a non-profit organization, was formed in 1995 to resurrect the GOP's great conservation tradition and to restore natural resource conservation and sound environmental protection as fundamental elements of the Republican Party's vision for America.
The Greens/Green Party USA is the original Green Party organization in the USA. It carries forward the radical vision of the early Greens based on grassroots political and economic democracy, nonviolence, social justice, and ecological sustainability.
Greenpeace is the leading independent campaigning organization that uses non-violent direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has been working with communities, businesses and people like you to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
A coalition of over 700 conservation, sporting, labor, and religious groups working together to protect Alaska’s wild public land. The Alaska Coalition is a project of the Alaska Conservation Foundation.
Historic seventh generation family farm is located on Elkhart Hill (the highest point between Chicago and St. Louis). Still owned by the descendents of John Dean Gillett, who built the original house and barns in 1870, this beautiful farm encompasses 700 acres of lawns, gardens, woodlands and open fields. In addition to the main house, a 3-bedroom guesthouse and chapel are available for private bookings. Overnight accommodations, special events, weddings and tours are arranged on an individual basis.