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Willow Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) surrounding a lake of the same name in Stephenson County, Illinois, United States. It is in the center of the county, on the north side of U.S. Route 20 and 3 miles (5 km) north of the center of Freeport, the county seat. Willow Lake was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. state of Illinois. The lakes are ordered by their unique names, (i.e. Lake Smith or Smith Lake would both be listed under "S") . Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Peabody River State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,200 acres (890 ha) in Randolph County , Illinois , United States . It is built on reclaimed mines worked by the Peabody Coal Company from the late 1950s to the late 1980s.
The project costs more than $1.1 billion, which many say is a small price to pay to keep the Great Lakes healthy and protect the multi-billion dollar fishing and recreation industries.
The main article for this category is List of lakes of Illinois; ... Anderson Lake (Illinois) Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area; Apple River Canyon State ...
Powerton Lake: Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area: Pike: 1,140 4.6 1970: Illinois River: Rend Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: Franklin, Jefferson: 38,900 157 ? Rend Lake: Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: Fulton: 5,660 22.9 1945: Rice Lake: Saline County State Fish and Wildlife Area: Saline: 1,270 5.1 1959: Glen O. Jones Lake
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre (180 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois, in the United States. Its land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna.
Nesting activities are described as reaching their peak in June, as the wading birds teach their young how to catch fish. A 320-acre (1.3 km 2) parcel of the Lake Renwick Preserve, comprising most of Lake Renwick itself, was listed in 1992 as an official nature preserve of the state of Illinois. [2] [3]