Woodstock resident Lenore Beyer-Clow, a dedicated environmentalist and policy director for the regional conservation organization Openlands, has had a hand in creating an 11,200-acre wildlife refuge encompassing properties in northeastern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin. On Aug. 15, 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Hackmatack Wildlife Refuge as the 557th refuge in the […]
By R.M. Brands news@thewoodstockindependent.com 14-year-old Jackson Brimberry, a freshman at Marian Central Catholic High School, worked with publishi…
October 16, 2026


