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The wetland center also contains information about places to hike, canoe, fish, hunt, or watch birds in the Cache River region. The Friends of the Cache River Watershed is an organization that promotes natural resource conservation throughout the five county Cache River watershed. The organization focuses on environmental education, resource ...
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.
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. References [ edit ]
Some other popular spots along the Cache River include the Barhausen-Cache River Wetlands Center, 18 miles of foot trails, several fishing locations, canoe paths and more.
The refuge was established in 1990 under the authority of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986. The refuge protects over 16,000 acres (65 km 2) of the Cache River wetlands, and has a purchase boundary (ultimate goal for area protection) of 36,000 acres (146 km²) contiguous.
Cache River State Natural Area: Johnson: 14,314 57.93 1970: Cache River: Franklin Creek State Natural Area: Lee: 882 3.57 1982: Franklin Creek: Fults Hill Prairie State Natural Area: Monroe: 997 4.03 1970: Kidd Lake: Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area: Grundy: 2,537 10.27 1969: Goose Lake, Des Plaines River, Kankakee River, Illinois River
The Cache River National Wildlife Refuge is a 68,993 acre (223 km 2) (2014) wildlife refuge in the state of Arkansas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). [3] The refuge is one of the Ramsar wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention signed in 1971.
The southwest end of the trail is west of Karnak just off Illinois Route 37 at the Cache river wetlands center The trail connects to several trails including the River to River Trail ; the Illinois southern route of the American Discovery Trail ; the U.S. Bicycle Route 76 (part of the TransAmerica Bike Route ); and the Trail of Tears National ...