Gobblers Knob Land Holding Company LLC and Bar W Fox River Farm, LLC: Land, water and wildlife conservation and stewardship in Starved Rock Country operating Gobblers Knob Land Holding Company, LLC (Illinois River, Ottawa) and Bar W Fox River Farm, LLC (Fox River, Marseilles). Concentrating on returning land to fully productive farm land (hay, legumes and rye at Gobblers Knob and cattle, corn and soybeans at Bar W) re-establishing natural prairie and forest environments, preserving wetlands conservation and protecting local aquatic and terrestrial threatened and endangered species. Planting of 100 hard wood saplings began in 2017. Continued plantings of hundreds of additional saplings and eradication of invasive species occurred in 2018 with the consultative assistance of members of the Conservation Foundation and Illinois Forestry Consulting. 

For 2019 we will be planting more saplings at both the upper and lower acreage at Gobblers Knob, planting additional prairie grasses to propagate the rolling acres of grassland as a classic American image in Starved Rock Country and a new project to transplant mature hardwoods and evergreen trees in an effort to increase the variety of trees within the Gobblers Knob ecosystem and to expedite a more mature forest environment for wildlife.  Continued invasive species clearing, cleaning of the riverfront and vast, rugged ravines and streams and waterfalls will also continue.

  
 




 

 

 

 
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