October 2026 Nature At The Confluence is grateful to be included in a special project: The ABC’s of Winnebago County. Artist Jenny Mathews designed an alphabet reflecting specific sites, and our Confluence Overlook bench is featured in “R for...
Ely Grimm | September 2026 Reflection on 900 Hour AmeriCorps Volunteer Term, March – September 2026 I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to continue and expand the work I do at Nature At The Confluence through AmeriCorps. Prior to this spring, I...
A new way to contribute to science is here! We now have a Chronolog: a site for folks to take a photo and upload to a shared timelapse. Thanks to a grant from Illinois American Water, we invested in a Chronolog for two reasons. First, to engage visitors with our...
Written by Ceci Kimball | August 2026 Summer is a brief encounter. While of course, what else would a season be? Classifying summer as fleeting empowers each moment to be remembered. I’ve always categorized this time of year by the street festivals, farmer’s markets,...
Written by Ceci Kimball | August 2026 This summer, Nature At The Confluence volunteers went on weekly, staff-led prairie walks every Tuesday evening to observe milkweed plants (the sole host of the monarch butterfly) for the presence of monarch eggs, instars...
Nature At The Confluence is an idyllic stretch of restored prairie and woodland located in South Beloit, Illinois. Where Turtle Creek meets the Rock River, the grounds of The Confluence are a frequent destination for fishing, family outings, and kayaking. Roughly 80...
