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Lincoln brought Guy Fraker to Illinois; preserving the landscape came later

Attorney and Lincoln historian Guy Fraker settled in Bloomington in 1962. He's been a key figure in documenting and promoting Lincoln's legal career in central Illinois, and fell into an avocation in land conservation by accident. Fraker is profiled as part of WGLT's series on the 2023 McLean County History Makers.

Tree Corps on track to plant 10,000 seedlings this year; half toward Mike Hall Tree Project

Tree Corps looks beyond short-term, feel-good projects. Instead, it works to build an army of community volunteers, and help them plant 100,000 trees across McLean County within a decade. That’s being tackled as 10,000 trees a year, for at least 10 years in a row.

A parade of wildflowers blooming in Central Illinois

Wildflower fans have an everlasting love for the bluebells of the Merwin Preserve near Lexington, but it is not the only place they can be found.

Spring cleaners: Bring it Back to Normal volunteers make communitywide impact

Fluddles: farmers, migratory birds find harmony in modern wetland conservation