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  2. List of protected areas of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    For example, DeKalb County contains a 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) forest preserve system [citation needed] and a 1,500-acre (6.1 km 2) state park (Shabbona Lake State Park); within DeKalb County, the DeKalb Park District in the City of DeKalb has a 700-acre (2.8 km 2) park system.

  3. List of nature centers in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    website, operated by the City, 385 acre park featuring a visitor's center with hands-on nature and history displays, observation silo, trails, sports facilities, outdoor education center Pilcher Park Nature Center: Joliet: Will: Chicago area: website, operated by the City, over 640 acres Plum Creek Nature Center: Beecher: Will: Chicago area

  4. Forest Park Nature Center - Wikipedia

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    The Forest Park Nature Center is a staffed nature center in Peoria Heights, a suburb of Peoria, Illinois.The nature center and surrounding parkland is operated by the Peoria Park District to interpret and celebrate the elevational bluffs and oak savannahs of the Peoria Lake watershed, which in CE 1492 was one of the most fertile and productive ecosystems known to humankind.

  5. East Peoria, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,484 at the 2020 census. East Peoria is part of the Peoria metropolitan area, ...

  6. Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Project - The Emiquon Project, a 7,000-acre (28 km 2) wetland restoration project, is located across the Illinois River from Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge v t

  7. Wildlife Prairie Park - Wikipedia

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    Wildlife Prairie Park, also known as the Hazel & Bill Rutherford Wildlife Prairie Park, is located in Peoria County, Illinois, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Peoria in central Illinois. Opened in the 1970s, it has most recently been operated as a not-for-profit corporation since 2013.

  8. Ribs, pizza and steak: A new American-style buffet is ... - AOL

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    Last June, he said he decided to open a buffet in the East Peoria space – situated at 206 W. Camp St. The location was once home to Grand Village Buffet, which closed just over five years ago.

  9. List of National Natural Landmarks in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    A part of Giant City State Park, the Geological Area is characterized by joint-bound sandstone blocks of the Pennsylvanian age, with examples of gravity sliding. It also contains extensive flora, including sugar maple-dominated mesic forests and oak-hickory and xeric oak woodlands. Heron Pond - Little Black Slough Nature Preserve: 1972