2021 Projects: 

Douglas-Hart Nature Center

• Install solar panels - 95% completed! 
• Remove Ash trees stricken by the Emerald Ash Borer around the visitor center
• Reopen the visitor center in spring of 2021  - Completed thanks to your support!
• Resume in person programming March 2021 - Completed! 
• Restore habitat near the outdoor classroom (canopy assessment, remove several black locust trees, remove invasive plants, and plant 100+ native flora) (Thank you National Environmental Education Foundation for supporting this project along with our volunteers! Interested in helping with this project? Contact volunteer@dhnature.org)
• Plant hundreds of prairie plants in the Edge prairie (Saturday, April 24, 2021) - Rained out, but join us for another planting day!
• Host Master Naturalist training in cooperation with the U of I Extension in fall 2021
• Continued habitat improvement along our East Edge/Lerna Road
• Repair parking lot lights
• Redo community garden beds
• Install Fiber Optic Internet - 50% completed! 

Friendship Garden

• Repair and repaint garden shed
• Install flower boxes on garden shed
• Install dinner bell 
• Rebuild wishing well cover
• Install new furniture including a glider, bench, and patio set 

​The Whiteside Garden

• Celebrate the grand opening of The Whiteside Garden spring 2021
• Complete gut and renovation of the downstairs bathroom
• Complete gut and renovation of the upstairs bathroom to be ADA accessible - Completed! Thank you for your support! 
• Renovation of the sun room to be a classroom
• Develop reception area complete with gift shop
• Develop exhibit area to include pictures, articles, exhibits, etc. 
• Replace upstairs sliding glass doors in exhibit room
• Replace basement sliding glass doors
• Develop trail map brochure
• Develop self guided tour resources
• Develop docent and tour guide program for volunteers

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Thank you to all of our supporting donors who made contributions in 2020. We were able to participate in TWO Giving Tuesday programs and received matching funds for both days! We were able to achieve so much in 2020, despite the difficult year! Stay tuned for our projects slated for 2021! 

Richard & Ramona Wise
Roxanne & Larry Lilly
Sarah Brown & Family
Tana Willaredt
Terry & Christine Ward
Michelle Rentfro
Amy Lynch
Sharon Vandermeer
Michael Weber
Andrea Esker
Arlene Betty
Barry Williams
Kathryn Bulver
Kaylee Wilford
Marissa & Gabe Grant
Robert Blagg
Violet & John Holmes
Merry Toberman
Morgan Finey
Chris Ramsey
Abby deBuhr
Braden Winn

​Amanda Ramsey
Dick Diedrich
Elizabeth Mason
Lisa Hickman
Rosemary Buck
Vicky Tucker
Eric Janssen
Gabriel Stoll
Jon Wiarda
Julie Easton
Richard Wandling
Becky Castillo
Joe Dillier
Katie Lewandsowski
Lucinda Horton
Marion Rohlinger
Mark & Gail Nelson
Marla Carnes
Tina Donnel
Liz Day
Rebecca Burns-Lamb
Samantha Barr
 

 

 

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McHughs Restaurant Mngt.
Jaclyn Daum
James & Elaine Whitkanack
Kai Family
Jennifer & Faisal Tariq
Jennifer Muzzy
Jessica & Cory Householder
Sarah Flaherty
Susan Haynes
Susan Settle
The Lumpkin Family Fnd. Tiffany Easter
Sarah Mummel
Carla Seaman
Maria deBuhr
Gary Henigman
Tina Davis
Gloria Zavarella
Darcy Duzan
Larry Thorsen & Ruth       
​     Riegel

Bonnie Woodyard
Alex Peck
Charlie Jacques
Diana & Phil Glosser
Gary & Becky Boske
Gary Henigman
Greg Rogers
Guy Loucks
Harold & Cheryl Gambill
Henry & Rud Watson
Howell Adams Family Fnd. Linda Martin
Richard & Barbara Funk
Network For Good
Paula Bolen
Phyllis Karpus
Rebecca Polston
Vicky Williams
Emily Meyerhoff
Heather White
Jaime Pugh
Ryan Koop
 

Beth Watson
Betty Lewis
Bob Shelby
Bonnie & Bill Schultz
Cindi Rogers-Sears
Colleen & Danny Harrelson
Cynthia Nichols
David Turner
Debra Ruiz-Rich
deBuhr’s Feed & Seed
Krista Kingery
Lauren VanHyning
Sally Bock
Shonna Kracinksi
Steve & Sally Ryan
Mary Beth VanPelt
Matthew B.
Tony & Laura Stephens
Jake Gates
Morgan Godden
Daniel Doyle
Steve and Raelyne Lane
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