Local non-profit Grand Prairie Friends (GPF) is thrilled to announce the purchase of Warbler Bend, a meandering 110 acres along the Embarras River in Coles County (IL). This purchase expands the Conservation Land Trust’s existing Warbler Ridge Conservation Area, now totaling almost 1,400 acres. Warbler Bend is GPF’s second property north of Highway 130, joining Warbler Bluff, located on Harrison St. Rd (Charleston). Over the last decade, GPF has restored more than 1,200 acres

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DAVE HINTON dhinton@news-gazette.com Originally Published in the News-Gazette, December 12, 2023 Grand Prairie Friends member Bob Reber,...