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Southeast South Dakota 1961 82,731 acres (334.80 km 2) [474] Madison Wetland Management District: East Central South Dakota 1969 129,700 acres (525 km 2) [475] Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge: Brown County: 1935 21,498 acres (87.00 km 2) [476] Sand Lake Wetland Management District: North Central South Dakota 1961 45,000 acres (180 km 2) [477]
The Illinois Land Conservation Act (Public Law 104-106) created the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, designated the transfer of 19,165 acres (7,756 ha) of land in Illinois from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The Illinois Land Conservation Act mandates that Midewin be managed to meet four primary objectives:
The Pacific Southwest is a region of the United States. In its broadest definition, it encompasses five states: California, Arizona, Hawaii, Utah, and part of Nevada. The region is one of cultural diversity seen all over. Several major urban areas lie within the region, including Los Angeles.
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There are nine regions in the Forest Service; numbered 1 through 10 (Region 7 was eliminated in 1965 when the current Eastern Region was created from the former Eastern and North Central regions. [19]). Each encompasses a broad geographic area and is headed by a regional forester who reports directly to the Chief.
[4] [5] The Forest Preserve District Association was formed in 1911 after a new state law was adopted in 1909; however, the courts declared the law unconstitutional in 1911. In 1913, Illinois adopted the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act [3] that was signed by the governor and survived legal challenge. The 1913 law allowed a county board:
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The Shawnee National Forest is also the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. It is considered part of Southern Illinois, and is south of the St. Louis, Missouri, and Metro East areas, in area code 618. Portions of it are in the far south area of Illinois known as Little Egypt.