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For example, DeKalb County contains a 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) forest preserve system [citation needed] and a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) state park (Shabbona Lake State Park); within DeKalb County, the DeKalb Park District in the City of DeKalb has a 700-acre (2.8 km 2) park system.
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary is a 15-acre bird sanctuary and nature preserve in Lincoln Park within Uptown, Chicago. [1] The preserve includes Prairie, Savanna, Woodland, as well as an ADA Path, Birding Area, and Nature Trail. [2] With 349 recorded species, it is Illinois's hottest spot on EBird. [3]
The zoo first opened to the public in Decatur, Illinois in 1967 under the name of Scovill Farm. The Kiwanis Club had donated $14,000 to begin building the farm; initially it housed pigs, chickens, goats, and other farm animals. Additional donations were obtained to cover construction costs, which totaled $56,000.
Ferne Animal Sanctuary, Somerset, Wambrook, near Chard, originally run by Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton Hillside Animal Sanctuary , Frettenham, Norwich Lower Moss Wood Educational Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital , Knutsford , Cheshire
The only Illinois community on Money magazine's 50 Best Places to Live of 2024 is a conservation community about 40 miles north of Chicago. The only Illinois community on Money magazine's 50 Best ...
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Illinois Wisconsin: 1989 911 acres (3.69 km 2) [140] Iowa Wetland Management District: Covers 15 counties 25,000 acres (100 km 2) 75 waterfowl production areas [141] Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge: Jasper County: 1990 8,654 acres (35.02 km 2) [142] Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge: Louisa County Mercer County, Illinois: 1958 1,078 ...
(The Center Square) – Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations nationwide, including in the midwestern states of Illinois ...