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The Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1,140-acre (460 ha) state park located near Griggsville in Pike County, Illinois. It borders on the Illinois River and is primarily made of steeply sloped bluffland that is part of the river's valley. Heavily wooded, this region is managed for whitetail deer hunting.
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 6,202 acres (2,510 ha) in Union County , Illinois , United States . It contains extensive Clear Creek wetlands managed for fishing and bird hunting .
Devils Island Wildlife Management Area is managed as public access for hunting. It is managed, coterminously with the Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area, by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources from a full-time office in nearby Jonesboro. [1] The park is made up of bottomland, hardwood forest lands, and agricultural fields.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources acquired "Site M" in June 1993, and the acquisition became the largest portion of what was renamed the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area (JEPC) in 2001. The site was named in honor of Jim Edgar, governor of Illinois in 1991-1999.
The Shawnee National Forest is also the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. It is considered part of Southern Illinois, and is south of the St. Louis, Missouri, and Metro East areas, in area code 618. Portions of it are in the far south area of Illinois known as Little Egypt.
The National Natural Landmarks (NNLs) in Illinois include 18 of the almost 600 such landmarks in the United States. They cover areas of geological, biological and historical importance, and include lakes, bogs, canyons and forests. Several of the sites provide habitat for rare or endangered plant and animal species.
This is a list of state forests in Illinois. [1] Illinois state forests ... Union County State Fish & Wildlife Area: Union County: See also. List of U.S. National ...
Map of the U.S. state of Illinois showing the location of Crawford County ... Crawford County State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 1,129 ...