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Illinois state-owned protected areas include state parks, state forests, state recreation areas, state fish and wildlife areas, state natural areas, and one state trail. These areas are all administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In addition, dozens of state historic sites are administered by the Illinois Historic ...
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Category:Protected areas of Illinois. Category. : Protected areas of Illinois. This category includes articles on protected areas within the U.S. state of Illinois. This includes federal, state, local and privately controlled/owned areas. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Protected areas of Illinois.
Area. 4,100 acres (17 km 2) Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 4,100-acre (1,700 ha) state park owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). It is located in Saline County, five miles west of the small city of Harrisburg.
The Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area is a protected area and historic district in Riverwoods, Illinois, United States. The area was a weekend getaway for businessman Edward L. Ryerson, who built a cabin there in 1928. He built three other cabins for friends, and had a country house built in 1942. It is representative of the type of getaways ...
Spitler Woods State Natural Area. / 39.77778°N 88.85694°W / 39.77778; -88.85694. Spitler Woods State Natural Area is a 202.5-acre (81.9 ha) state park located adjacent to Mount Zion, Illinois. The state park is located within the Decatur, Illinois metropolitan area. The eastern two-thirds of the state park is a listed Illinois Nature ...
Area. 801 acres (324 ha) Established. 1946. Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Dixon Springs State Park is an Illinois state park in Pope County, Illinois, United States, and is one of several state parks in the Illinois Shawnee Hills. The park is on a giant block of rock which was dropped 200 feet (61 m) along a fault ...
37°46′40″N 89°27′14″W. / 37.77778°N 89.45389°W / 37.77778; -89.45389. Area. 11,750 acres (4,755 ha) Established. 1968. Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Kinkaid Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 11,750 acres (4,755 ha) in Jackson County, Illinois, United States .