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Illinois Department of Natural Resources Cache River State Natural Area is an Illinois state park centered on the Cache River (Illinois) of 14,314 acres (5,793 ha) in Johnson County , Illinois , United States .
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Cache River State Natural Area protects another 14,489 acres (58.63 km 2). Local landowners, through Wetlands Reserve Program easements with Natural Resources Conservation Service, protect an additional 13,500 acres (55 km 2) of restored wetlands. Also through NRCS, landowners are using a variety of ...
Planning your trip to Cache River State Natural Area. Cache River State Natural Area covers more than 14,000 acres in Johnson, Massac and Pulaski counties, according to the Illinois Department of ...
Heron Pond – Little Black Slough Nature Preserve protects a swath of Cache River drainage upstream from the Post Creek Cutoff. [3] Its biology and geology are representative of the Coastal Plain natural division in Illinois, [4] which is the northernmost extent of the Gulf Coastal Plain in North America.
The watershed of the Cache River, in which the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located. The Refuge's area covers a variety of habitats, including cypress-tupelo swamp, bottomland forest, upland hardwood forests, oak barrens, and prairie grassland. Over 50 threatened and endangered species are found within the refuge's boundaries. In ...
Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center is a nature center and natural history museum in the Cache River Wetlands, near Cypress, Illinois.It features exhibits, an interactive diorama of a wetland, interactive touch screens and a 12-minute video on the cultural and natural history of the watershed, including the Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge.
The Cache La Poudre River Corridor National Heritage Area extends along the flood plain of the Cache La Poudre River in Colorado, US.It is a federally designated National Heritage Area, [1] extending for 45 miles (72 km) from Larimer County in the west where the river emerges from the Rocky Mountains, and ends near Greeley, Colorado, just before its confluence with the South Platte River.
A map of Cache River National Wildlife Refuge and the surrounding area, including areas proposed for expansion. In the 1970s, duck hunters prevented the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from dredging and straightening the Cache River. The conservation movement led to the establishment of the National Wildlife Refuge in 1986.