Kane Forest Preserve Foundation
Enhancing Kane County's forest preserves for the plants and wildlife who live there, and the people who enjoy them
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Adopt a Turtle
Help endangered Blanding’s turtles thrive in Kane County through the Kane Forest Preserve Foundation’s Adopt a Turtle program. By adopting a turtle, you’ll aid the Forest Preserve District of Kane County’s Blanding’s turtle conservation efforts and research, above and beyond their current capacity. Donations go toward hiring a summer wildlife intern to help learn more about Blanding's turtle populations in Kane County, as well as to help provide field supplies and technology to further aid in the study of this important species. (Note: These are ceremonial adoptions. No turtles will be removed Forest Preserve District property.)
Native Plant Sale
Each spring, the Kane Forest Preserve Foundation hosts a Native Plant Sale. Customers win, as they receive gorgeous, locally grown plants from seed that is native to the area. Native wildlife wins because they need local plants to grow and thrive. Proceeds from the Native Plant Sale support various projects. The 2020 sale benefitted a micro-prairie planting within Fabyan Forest Preserve. The 2021 sale benefitted fish stocking at various Forest Preserve District of Kane County lakes and ponds. 2022 sale proceeds will go toward the construction of osprey nesting towers at Dick Young Forest Preserve and at the CPO Wetlands forest preserve.
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Our Sustainable Development Goals
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Kane Forest Preserve Foundation
Board of directorsas of 09/18/2023
Becky Gillam
Illinois 33rd Senate District
Term: 2022 -
Michael Kenyon
Forest Preserve Commission
Benjamin Haberthur
Forest Preserve District of Kane County
David Petschke
Forest Preserve District of Kane County
Laurie Metanchuk
Forest Preserve District of Kane County
Becky Gillam
Illinois' 33rd Senate District
Anthony Sisto
Mary Ochsenschlager
Patrick Kinnally
Christa Orum-Keller
Midwest Groundcovers, LLC
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