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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Resides at Echo Hill Ranch near Kerrville. Founded Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, also located near Kerrville. Fred Gipson: 1908: 1973: Novelist who authored Old Yeller, Savage Sam, and Hound Dog Man, lived in Mason: Trey Hardee: 1984 — World Champion Decathlete and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin Harvey Hilderbran: 1960 —
Anderson Marsh is located at the head of Cache Creek on the southeast corner of Clear Lake, the largest natural lake completely within the borders of California. [2] The park is between the cities of Lower Lake and Clearlake on State Route 53, north of Calistoga in the wine country. [3] The park is open year-round. [4]
Hill Country State Natural Area (HCSNA) preserves 5,369 acres (21.73 km 2) of rugged, relatively pristine Hill Country terrain in Bandera County, Texas. [2] It was opened to the public in 1984. Since HCSNA is designated a "Natural Area" rather than a "State Park", the first priority of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is the ...