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The Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge is a 3,100-acre riverine wetland in Putnam County, Illinois. Located just south of the county seat of Hennepin, it occupies the former site of Hennepin Lake and adjacent Hopper Lake. The reclaimed wetland is a Ramsar treaty site, a wetland of international importance. [2]
This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
Cache River-Cypress Creek Wetlands (including Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge) Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach Lake Plain (shared with Wisconsin) The Emiquon Complex (including Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge) Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge; The Upper Mississippi River Floodplain Wetlands (shared with Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin)
The EPA alleges the ranch built roads across the Bruneau River and filled in nearby wetlands without required permits. Feds sue Idaho ranch, allege ranchers dumped dirt in river and violated Clean ...
Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil might be the most well-known weather-predicting groundhog, but a new list casts doubt on his accuracy.Phil did so poorly that even nonliving critters outshine ...
The Wetlands Initiative (TWI) is a non-profit conservation organization headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. [3] The Wetlands Initiative works with nonprofit and government partners and local communities to advance wetland restoration and science in the Midwestern United States . [ 4 ]
Career criminal Rondail Henry was charged with stabbing a teen on a Brooklyn subway train, but Judge Philip Tisne let him go without bail.
Dixon Memorial State Forest is a state forest in Brantley and Ware counties, located 10 miles southeast of Waycross, Georgia bordered by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the south. The forest is approximately 35,000 acres and is the largest state forest owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission .