In The News
“Six Minimum Requirements for Stormwater Management” held on October 8 for area field crews, village engineers, and inspectors
On Thursday, October 8, BACTrust hosted "The Six Minimum Requirements for Stormwater Management" at the Garlands of Barrington. The course was sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and was designed for area field crews, village engineers, and inspectors who are responsible for ensuring proper management of stormwater issues. To download seminar presentation material from our speakers, click here. If you would like to request a list of attendees, please click here.
BACTrust Partners with PepsiCo, Fox Valley Pony Club, and Neighbors to Clean Up Flint Creek Corridor
BACTrust recently coordinated two events alongside the PepsiCo property on County Line Road in Barrington to clean up the Flint Creek Corridor. The effort is part of an ongoing partnership with Pepsi, the parent company for Quaker Oats, to protect the natural areas on the facility. Working from the southern edge of the site with private landowners, the first project utilized the skills of the Fox Valley Pony Club. The team dedicated approximately 50 volunteer hours of clean-up of debris, deadfall, and buckthorn, followed by a donation of time and resources from A Care of Trees, who brought the chainsaw and herbicide for the stumps of cut buckthorn.
The second effort included 22 volunteers who logged over 80 hours of volunteer time to clear debris, deadfall, and buckthorn from the northern end of the PepsiCo property. Workers from the factory took time out from desk jobs to don T-shirts, pick up tools, and labor the day away in the sun and bugs for the benefit of the watershed. BACTrust provided training, volunteers, and tools to the day. It was a wonderful corporate-community partnership effort that resulted in a cleaner watershed for all of us.
Articles About Us
The Barrington Area Conservation Trust and its programs have been featured in several publications recently.
Quintessential Barrington magazine, March/April 2008
A feature article on the Barrington Area Conservation Trust and Conservation@Home.
Quintessential Barrington magazine, May/June 2008
Jenese Busch donates land to Barrington Area Conservation Trust.
Car Collector Magazine, March 2008
A feature article on the Barrington Concours d’Elegance, a fundraiser for BACTrust.
If you are a reporter and would like information about the Trust for a news story, please call 847-381-4291.
