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Illinois' ecology is in a land area of 56,400 square miles (146,000 km 2); the state is 385 miles (620 km) long and 218 miles (351 km) wide and is located between latitude: 36.9540° to 42.4951° N, and longitude: 87.3840° to 91.4244° W, [1] with primarily a humid continental climate.
Under Illinois law, counties may set up a conservation land holding district, after approval by county voters. Although most of the 102 counties have not established such a public landholding agency, below are the approved county districts: Boone County Conservation District - 4,000 acres (16 km 2)
Mettawa was founded by conservationist landowners and continues to be a center of land conservation and restoration activities. The village also supports a rural, equestrian-friendly lifestyle. Some residents maintain small farming operations, and there are eight horse stables within the village's borders.
The Illinois Central Railroad, now the Ronald J. Foster Sr. Heritage Bike Trail, became one of the first rails to trails projects in the US, in 1992. The other two lines were the Norfolk Southern line and the Chicago and North Western line, which ran parallel with each other the entire way through Glen Carbon, and stopped operating in Glen ...
The Friends Creek Conservation Area is a 616-acre (2.5 km 2) natural area in the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Friends Creek Township near Cisco in northeastern Macon County. The conservation area, located 18 miles (29 km) north of Decatur , preserves creek woodlands and has regrown some tallgrass prairie and oak–hickory forest .
Illinois Route 121 passes through the village, leading northwest 8 miles (13 km) to the center of Decatur and southeast 19 miles (31 km) to Sullivan. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the village of Mount Zion has a total area of 4.28 square miles (11.1 km 2 ), of which 0.003 square miles (1.9 acres), or 0.07%, are water. [ 2 ]
A map of the 77 community areas, broken down by purported regions. While the areas have official use and definition, the color groupings are unofficial, and such "regions" may be defined differently, grouped differently, or not be used at all.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is the code department [1] [2] of the Illinois state government that operates the state parks and state recreation areas, enforces the fishing and game laws of Illinois, regulates Illinois coal mines and other extractive industries, operates the Illinois State Museum system, and oversees scientific research into the soil, water, and mineral ...