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The original power company built a 75 foot (23 m) high earthen dam on a branch of the east Fork of Shoal Creek in 1963. The lake filled by 1966 to serve as cooling water for the coal-fired Coffeen Power Station until the shutdown of that plant in 2019.
Baldwin Lake: Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area: Fulton: 4,363 17.66 1980s [5] Illinois River: Cape Bend State Fish and Wildlife Area: Alexander: 1,380 5.6 ? Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: Fayette: 37,000 150 1966: Carlyle Lake: Coffeen Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: Montgomery: 297 1.20 1966: Coffeen Lake, Shoal Creek
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 ...
The low-lying Illinois River's wetland bed is only partly suitable (at best) for agriculture, and large strips of the riverbank have been used for other purposes. The lake is heavily engineered to protect the power plant and other stretches of lake shoreline. Three causeway strips extend from the mainland out into the lake.
The Ray Norbut State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 1,140-acre (460 ha) state park located near Griggsville in Pike County, Illinois. It borders on the Illinois River and is primarily made of steeply sloped bluffland that is part of the river's valley.
Wetlands adjacent to the lake include the 250 acres (100 ha) Eggers Woods Forest Preserve, 175 acres (71 ha) Powderhorn Lake Prairie, and 40 acres (16 ha) Hyde Lake Wetland. [12] William W. Powers State Recreation Area is on Chicago's far southeast side, off highways 94 , 90 , and 41 .
Happy New Year! As a friendly reminder, Idaho fishing licenses are based on the calendar year, so you need a new one for 2023. In addition to tackle shops and convenience stores, you can purchase ...
Another view of Dawson Lake, north end. The centerpiece of Moraine View is the 158 acre (0.6 km 2) Dawson Lake, an artificial reservoir built in 1962-1963. Fish stocked in the lake by the DNR include largemouth bass, bluegill (the state fish of Illinois), sunfish, bullhead, crappie, channel catfish, walleye, yellow perch and northern pike.