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Environmental PROJECTS
ILM Environments offers a wide variety of environmental services that give nature a helping hand. We truly enjoy the client collaboration process and strive to achieve outstanding results with every single project. Click the images below to explore some of our favorites.
Medinah Country Club: Lily Removal
Medinah Country Club is a private country club in Medinah, Illinois. A central feature of their renowned golf courses is Lake Kadijah. A shallow, 40-acre, man-made lake, Lake Kadijah, is subject to invasion by water lilies…
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - Phase 1: Otrabala Parcel Tree & Brush Clearing
The Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge was established by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 2012. Located in McHenry County, Illinois, and Walworth County, Wisconsin, the refuge will eventually encompass 11,200 acres of protected glacial landscape through public/private partnerships between conservation organizations and private landowners…
Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - Phase 2: Wetland Restoration & Beaver Dam Analogues
The site is a former wetland that was drained for farming, with approximately 7,225 linear feet of drain tiles that had significantly altered the hydrology of the site. The goal of this project was to restore the site back to its original state as a 100-acre wetland…
Bangs Lake: Lake Management Plan & Invasive Species Management
Bangs Lake is a 306-acre natural glacial lake in the Village of Wauconda, Illinois. The lake serves as a recreational resource for residents and tourists, with the added benefits of providing flood control and habitat for wildlife…
Illinois Beach State Park: Phragmites & Narrow Leaf Cattail Control
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) worked with ILM Environments over two years (2019-2020) to control the invasive plant species common reed (Phragmites australis australis) and narrowleaf cattail (Typha angustifolia) at the high-quality Lake Plain site located within Illinois Beach State Park. The project aimed to achieve a 95% kill rate of monoculture…
Stanford Meadows: Stream Restoration
ILM partnered with Naperville Park District to restore 2,200 linear feet of highly eroded stream bank that originates at Stanford Meadows Park, runs through a residential subdivision, and feeds into a residential detention basin….
Pingree Grove: Wetland Scrape
Pingree Grove Forest Preserve includes one of the largest wetland complexes owned by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. The 85-acre marsh once had significant patches of open water dispersed among the wetland vegetation…
Crooked Lake: Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting (DASH)
Crooked Lake is a glacial lake in unincorporated Lake County and Lindenhurst. Like many lakes in urbanized areas, excess nutrients feed exotic and invasive plant species like Curlyleaf Pondweed and Eurasian Watermilfoil that tend to crowd out native species…
University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Stormwater Landscaping
This stormwater landscaping project was designed to reduce pollution found in stormwater runoff in the Pike River Watershed. The project included a regenerative stormwater conveyance system, which was comprised of large boulders and mulch surrounding the stormwater drain…
Dvorak Residence: Shoreline Stabilization
The Dvorak Residence is located on a steep slope overlooking Geneva Lake in Southeast Wisconsin. Due to runoff and other factors, areas of a steep slope faced severe erosion. The homeowner wanted to repair these areas, while keeping a “natural” look and blending in with the existing surrounding vegetation…
Fetherling Park Pond: Pond Reset
Fetherling Park is a small 8.1-acre park owned and operated by the Village of Lake Barrington. Before the Village purchased it, a small 1.6-acre pond in the park was left to degrade for several years. The Village contacted ILM to bring the pond back to a healthy state…