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UTC−5 (CDT) Congressional district. 12th. Website. www.washingtonco.illinois.gov. Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 13,761. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Nashville. [ 2 ] It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as " Little Egypt ".
Macon County Conservation District - 3,490 acres (14.1 km 2) McHenry County Conservation District - 24,000 acres (97 km 2) Putnam Country Conservation District - 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2) Rock Island Forest Preserve District - 2,529 acres (10.23 km 2) Vermilion County Conservation District - 6,600 acres (27 km 2) Forest Preserve District of Will ...
The Illinois Land Conservation Act (Public Law 104-106) created the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, designated the transfer of 19,165 acres (7,756 ha) of land in Illinois from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The Illinois Land Conservation Act mandates that Midewin be managed to meet four primary objectives:
Special districts in Illinois. Special districts in Illinois are forms of local government that are responsible for a narrow set of responsibilities, as opposed to counties, townships, and municipal governments which have a wide range of responsibilities. School districts and community college boards are not usually considered special-purpose ...
Website. www.nrcs.usda.gov. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service (SCS), is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that provides technical assistance to farmers and other private landowners and managers. Its name was changed in 1994 during the presidency of Bill ...
The Shawnee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the Ozark and Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, United States. Administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, it consists of approximately 498,615 acres (2,100 km²) of federally managed lands. In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Pope, Jackson ...
Cache River (Illinois) The Cache River is a 92-mile-long (148 km) [2] waterway in southernmost Illinois, in a region sometimes called Little Egypt. The basin spans 737 square miles (1,910 km 2) and six counties: Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, and Union. [3] Located at the convergence of four major physiographic regions, the river is ...
38°17′20″N 89°20′52″W. / 38.28889°N 89.34778°W / 38.28889; -89.34778. Area. 900 acres (360 ha) Established. 1959. Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Washington County State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 900 acres (360 ha) in Washington County, Illinois, United States .