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The Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River in Mason County northeast of Havana, Illinois. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as one of the four Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges. The refuge consists of 4,388 acres (17.76 km 2) of Illinois River bottomland, nearly all of it wetland.
State parks are owned by the state and generally administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. [3] Specifically, “State Park” refers to sites “exhibiting exceptional scenic and natural features and terrain” and that “offer a wide range of recreational opportunities for the public to enjoy”.
Milton, which comes just after the recent catastrophic Hurricane Helene, has strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast and is expected to make landfall late Wednesday.
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area: Iroquois County: 2016 66 acres (0.27 km 2) [132] Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge: Cass County Morgan County: 1973 5,255 acres (21.27 km 2) [133] Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge: Illinois Missouri: 2000 7,000 acres (28 km 2) [134] Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge ...
Hurricane Milton, feeding off record-warm Gulf waters, mushroomed from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in only 24 hours, the fastest in history. Its intensity has since fluctuated, and ...
Volo Bog State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, United States, preserving Volo Bog. The bog was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973 as the only remaining open-water quaking bog in Illinois. [1] The site also contains woodlands, savanna, marshes, prairie restoration areas, shrubland and old fields.
After rapidly intensifying to a rare Category 5 hurricane followed by a gradual weakening to a Category 3 in the Gulf of Mexico, the eye of Milton made landfall at about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday ...
Bee Lick Creek in the Jefferson Memorial Forest, a National Audubon Society wildlife refuge. A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed ...