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Excavated a channel in the East River to remove a silt plug; Constructed a rock closure to reduce sediment from the northern boundary with Goose Lake; Constructed approximately 18,585 ft (5,665 m) of low level levees, 3 water control structures, and a pump station; Planted select vegetation to enhance the wetland habitat
The EPA ecoregion classification system has four levels, but only Levels I, III, and IV are shown on this list. Level I divides North America into 15 broad ecoregions (or biomes ). Illinois is almost entirely within the Eastern Temperate Forest environment Level I region, although very small sections in its extreme west are in the Great Plains ...
The Cache River Wetlands Joint Venture Partnership (composed of Ducks Unlimited, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The Nature Conservancy, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) is considering a restoration project that could repair the levee as part of its efforts to restore low water flow. To date ...
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
Meredosia Lake is a riparian lake that forms part of the valley of the Illinois River.It is located in Cass and Morgan Counties, Illinois.Much of the floodplain isthmus between Lake Meredosia and the river is known as Meredosia Island, and much of the quasi-island and associated lakebed are part of the Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge.
Edwards River; Elm River; Embarras River (Illinois) Fox River (Illinois River tributary), northern Illinois; Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois; Galena River; Grand Calumet River; Green River; Henderson Creek; Hickory Creek; Illinois River; Indian Creek; Iroquois River; Jackson Creek; Kankakee River; Kaskaskia River ...
The Sangamon River is a principal tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 246 miles (396 km) long, [2] in central Illinois in the United States. It drains a mostly rural agricultural area and runs through Decatur and past Springfield .
Mitchell's Grove Nature Preserve is a 184 acres (74 ha) nature preserve and State Natural Area [2] located in LaSalle County, Illinois, situated between Tomahawk Creek and the Little Vermillion River north of their confluence. It is composed of diverse terrain with over 300 plant species present. [3]