In celebration of 40 years of Saving Living Space for Living Things a year long calendar of events have been prepared by Citizens For Conservation and copy is available for reference or visit the Barrington Area Community Calendar as hosted by the Barrington Area Library for up to date listings and information.

• Citizens for Conservation Monthly Calendar
• Spring Creek Stewards Calendar
  
  

North - Spring Creek Nature Preserve Historical Aerial Imagery
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Barrington Hills Historical Aerial Imagery Progressions - Change Over Time
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• Barrington Area Conservation Trust
• Citizens for Conservation
• Crabtree Nature Center FPDCC
• Flint Creek Watershed Partnership
• Spring Creek Stewards
• Spring Creek Stewards Poster
• Stillman Nature Center

Grigsby Prairie Preserve - Barrington Hills Impressive results can be seen at Grigsby Prairie since restoration work began there in 1987. Work is underway on the 37 acres to recreate an Illinois tall grass prairie. In 1999, prairie birds nesting at Grisby included a pair of meadowlarks, eight pairs of bobolinks and two pairs of grasshopper sparrows. A bird count conducted a year later found no less than four species of shore birds. But its the landscape dominated by grasses such as big bluestem and Indian grass as well as a large number of other species of grasses and wildflowers, sometimes reaches a height of 10 feet or more, that is the real reason for the name Grigsby Prairie. [photos from Citizens for Conservation photo collection as can be seen on Facebook]

See an aerial photo of the Prairie from Oak Knoll Road [pdf 4M] after the seasonal prairie fire and since the Spring rains in 2008.