Home Conservation Projects
Dawn Aulet of The Herald News, covered The Conservation Foundation’s home conservation initiative in the Lifestyles section of the Sept. 12, 2008 edition. Conservation members visit neighborhood houses and team up with participants to help plant native species in areas that absorb groundwater, keeping water on-site and reducing runoff into storm drains. In addition to teaching the public about native plants, rain barrels and permeable concrete. “Everything we’re doing is as green as we can do for demonstration purposes,” said Jim Kleinwachter, the DuPage River Watershed Coordinator.