Proposed Wapello Discovery Center

The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) is pleased to announce that it has received a grant from the Freeport Community Foundation for a feasibility study into the next steps needed to build a Discovery Center at the Wapello Land and Water Reserve in Hanover, IL.

A vision of the Friends of Wapello volunteer group since its founding in 2008, the Discovery Center will tell the story of the Native American peoples who trace their ancestry to this region through their own stories and oral histories, not through interpretations by outside cultures. Indoor exhibits and experiences...