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Prairie Works Becomes JDCF Premier Business Partner

Recently Prairie Works became a Premier Business Partner with the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation. Here is the press release.

The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) welcomes Prairie Works, Inc. as the latest local business to join its Premier Partner Program. Owned by Cory Ritterbusch, Prairie Works is the source for ecological and landscape services in Northwest Illinois. Expert staff can assist on projects large and small ranging fromprairie, woodland and savanna restoration, invasive species control, controlled burning and bio-engineered erosion control. When asked why he chose to partner with JDCF, Ritterbusch responded, “JDCF is the only organization that most closely resembles my company’s mission, ethics, and long-term approach. Our partnership was an obvious match.” For more information about Prairie Works, visit www.prairieworksinc.com.

JDCF’s Premier Partner Program is a growing group of elite businesses that have elected to financially invest in the foundation’s mission and support its work to protect the many natural and cultural wonders found exclusively in Jo DaviessCounty. In return, JDCF offers a variety of benefits, including exposure to its entire membership of individuals who have shown by their own investment in the organization that they, too, value the work JDCF is doing as the leading environmental force in the Northwest Illinois area.

The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation is a local non-profit dedicated to protecting the natural wonders of the Jo Daviess County area. For more information find them online at www.jdcf.org

Prairie Works Project Featured in Magazine

The Fall issue of Woodlands and Prairies Magazine has featured a Prairie Works project.  The story highlighted the ‘Moone’ project at Apple Canyon Lake. It was a good one to feature.

This project represents a great relationship between the client and contractor/consultant,  the local land trust and a property owners association. The local land trust, The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation, initially got the ball rolling in 2006.  The Moones hired Prairie Works to plan the project, perform the initial ground work then utilized Prairie Works consultations to assist on the ongoing maintenance requirements. The project served as a catalyst for the Apple Canyon Lake Property Owners Association to implement the Greenway Stewardship Program, which allows homeowners to voluntarily increase the ecological health of their neighboring open space areas at Apple Canyon Lake. With many facets involved, this project showed that several entities can work together to achieve one common goal.

However, the Moones work ethic is the true story here. Quite inspiring.

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