JDCF Announces Opening Of Big Sky Nature Reserve

The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) is pleased to announce that the Home Farm Section of the Big Sky Nature Reserve is now open to the public for pedestrian use of 15 miles of hiking trails! Seasonal horseback access will run from August 1-31 this year as JDCF works out the logistics of having horse trails on one of its preserves for the first time.

The new 488-acre Home Farm Section site has joined with the adjacent Valley of Eden Bird Sanctuary to create a now 900-acre natural area that is the largest of JDCF's public preserves to date. The restoration of both the Home Farm and Val...