The following organizations have signed on as supporters of the proposed Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge.

Friends of Hackmatack Steering Committee: A group of citizens from McHenry County, Illinois and Walworth County, Wisconsin     You, too, can join our list of supporters. CLICK HERE for more information and to join the dream!   Other Links Operation Migration RefugeWatch   Organizational Friends: Audubon Society, Chicago Region Barrington Area Council of Governments Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Chicago Wilderness Alliance Citizens for Conservation ClearWater Outdoor, Lake Geneva, WI Dari Company, Hebron, IL Daughters of the American Revolution,    La Grange/Le Portage chapter Ducks Unlimited Endangered Species Protection Board Environmental Defenders of McHenry County Faith In Place The Field Museum of Chicago Flatwater Canoe and Kayak Rentals, Richmond Friends of Big Foot Beach State Park Friends of the Fox River Fox River Ecosystem Partnership Geneva Lake Conservancy Illinois Audubon Society Illinois Nature Preserves Commission International Crane Foundation Johnsburg Garden Club Kane County Audubon Kettle Moraine Land Trust Lake County Forest Preserve District Liberty Prairie Conservancy The Land Conservancy of McHenry County McHenry County Audubon Society McHenry County Conservation District McHenry County Conservation Foundation National Park Service The Nature Conservancy Natural Land Institute Nippersink Creek Watershed Planning Committee Nippersink Trail Project Nippersink Watershed Association Openlands Operation Migration Prairie Rivers Network Raven Wood Grove Red Buffalo Nursery Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Partnership Sierra Club, Illinois Chapter Sierra Club, John Muir Chapter, WI Sierra Club, Southeast Gateway Group, WI Small Waters Education NFP  The Trust for Public Land The Wildflower Preservation and Propagation    Committee of McHenry County Trout Unlimited Gary Borger Chapter Trout Unlimited, Illinois Council Wild Ones, Menomonee River Chapter Wild Ones, Northern Kane County Chapter Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Inc. Wonder Lake MPOA (Master Property Owners Assoc.) Wonder Lake Sportsman's Club Yankee Dragon Fishing Lures, Antioch link to email

The photo header on this page is courtesy of Operation Migration

Other page header photos on this Website courtesy of Ray Mathis, a Hackmatack Friend and a state and national award winning large format landscape photographer from McHenry, Illinois. Over 300 images of “Chicago Wilderness”, most from McHenry Country, can be seen on his website  LINK