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Our Current Initiatives

  • Plastic and Food Waste Reduction

    Community Composting

    The Defenders advocates for community composting through our new compost drop-off site at the Blue Lotus Temple in Woodstock....

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  • Reaching Underserved Communities

    Energy for Everyone

    Defenders plans to build a small solar farm through Solar for All on its Dean Street property in Woodstock....

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  • Reaching Underserved Communities

    Conversacion de Conservacion

    A collaborative effort by groups that meet and plan special programs offered to our Latino community in McHenry County....

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  • Recycling

    County Recycling Drives

    Defenders partners with the County’s Department of Health in organizing and publicizing recycling drives for non-curbside recycling items....

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  • Recycling

    Styrofoam Collection Program

    With three Styrofoam Collection Sheds in McHenry County, residents have no need to place this forever plastic in their trash.

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  • Watershed Protection

    Paddle the Kish

    This special project works to clear the Kishwaukee River of natural and human made debris from the river in order to create a passable water trail through McHenry County....

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  • Watershed Protection

    River Clean-ups

    Organized on an had-hoc basis or as an annual event, river clean-ups both protect our watershed while connecting people to water bodies. ...

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  • Watershed Protection

    Stream Crossing Signage

    A grant supported program and partnership with the County’s Division of Transportation to build and place watershed indicator signs across all streams, creeks and rivers....

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  • Prairie Restoration

    Monthly Restoration Workdays

    A great way to be outdoors and contribute to the health of our planet through restoring the land. ...

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  • Prairie Restoration

    Partner on Roadside Prairie Habitat Project

    With the loss of nearly all prairie habitat in the state of Illinois, this project helps to restore miles of roadside to prairie helping to create a pollinator pathway....

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