Streator Walking Club

06/17/2024

Due to the forecasted Heat dome this week we are suspending walks on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Please keep cool and hydrated!

The Northeast and Midwest, including New York City and Boston, are bracing for what could be the hottest stretch of weather in 30 years.

06/15/2024

Check this out...

06/15/2024

Over at Sandy Ford today...

06/13/2024

Have you seen your first Monarch of the year???

I have been looking but not yet for me! I have seen Cabbage Whites, Sulfers, Admirals, Blue Azules, and Swallowtails...but not a Monarch...

Nina said her and Vicky saw a few last week while weeding the gardens.

Today our volunteer, Fred Centko, sent in a picture of a Monarch on his Common Milkweed!!!

06/13/2024

Great news ...

Streator Township High School District 40 and their community partners Live Well Streator, the Streator Rotary Club, Streator Tourism and Events and City of Streator City Hall were selected as an American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment grantee! COMING SOON will be a NEW outdoor bottle filling station at the James Street Recreation Complex!!! This will be fountain #6!

06/13/2024

We have spoken about this on our woodland hikes...

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06/06/2024

06/03/2024

Today is National Prairie Day! Illinois, nicknamed The Prairie State, actually only has roughly 2500 acres of original, ancient prairie from our 36 million acres 250 years ago.

More than half of this acreage is permanently protected as Illinois Nature Preserves or Land & Water Reserves.

These sites preserve the flatter, black-soil prairies, sand prairies, hill prairies, gravel prairies and more.

With numerous species of milkweeds and abundant flowers our remaining prairie is some of our most important pollinator and Monarch habitat.

Our remaining prairie is under extreme pressure from climate change, invasive species, decades of fire absence, fragmentation, and development in the case of unprotected prairie.

Would you resolve today to donate just two days per year to helping steward a prairie? And a donation to one of many groups caring for prairies? We need YOU. And Illinois Prairie needs you! Step up Illinoisans for your land!

05/30/2024

05/28/2024

A storm is rolling in so catch you on the next walk!!!!

05/28/2024

05/25/2024

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

We are cancelling this Sunday's Walk so everyone can go down and enjoy Park Fest :) See you on Tuesday!

05/23/2024

It was a once around kind of a day :)

05/23/2024

There is only one place you can see a kick line like this. Grumpy Old Men The Musical only has 3 performances left and our previous audiences have loved it! Based on the hit 1993 movie this musical has all the laughs and more. Tickets are still available at https://englelanetheatre.csstix.com/event-details.php?e=450 or by calling the box office at 815.672.3584 Monday - Friday 11-2.