Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

{{Multiple issues|

{{notability|1=Companies|date=January 2019}}

{{primary sources|date=January 2019}}

}}

{{Infobox organization

| name = Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

| image =

| size =

| formation = {{start date and age|1993}}

| founder = Maintain open space in Jo Daviess County, Illinois

| status = Active

| purpose =

| headquarters = Elizabeth, Illinois, U.S.

| region_served = Jo Daviess County, Illinois

| leader_title = President

| leader_name = Fran Peterson{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://jdcf.org/about-us/board-of-directors/|website=Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation|accessdate=22 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122133235/http://jdcf.org/about-us/board-of-directors/|url-status=dead}}

| main_organ = Board of Directors

| revenue =

| website = {{URL|http://jdcf.org/}}

}}

The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation was created as a charitable organization in 1993 to protect open spaces in Jo Daviess County, Illinois.{{cite web |title=Our Mission |url=http://jdcf.org/about-us/our-mission/ |website=Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation |accessdate=22 January 2019}} The foundation currently protects 6 areas and participates in protection of a seventh. The area protected by the foundation includes the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois and stretches of the Mississippi River, along with its tributaries and geological structures.