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Area (acres) Area (km 2) Estab-lished Bodies of water Image Remarks Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park: Lake: 4,160 16.8 1948: Lake Michigan: Apple River Canyon State Park: Jo Daviess: 297 1.20 1932: Apple River: Argyle Lake State Park: McDonough: 1,700 6.9 1948: Argyle Lake: Beall Woods State Park: Wabash: 635 2.57 1966: Coffee Creek
Chicago area: website, operated by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County in 439-acre LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, interpretive displays including prairie ecology and Fox River Crabtree Nature Center: Barrington: Cook: Chicago area: website, operated by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, over 1,000 acres, features outdoor nature ...
Protected areas of Pope County, Illinois (1 C, 10 P) Protected areas of Pulaski County, Illinois (3 P) Protected areas of Putnam County, Illinois (2 P) R.
The Sand Creek Conservation Area is a 755-acre (3 km 2) natural area in the U.S. state of Illinois, located in South Wheatland Township south of Lake Decatur.The conservation area preserves tallgrass prairie and prairie-savanna acreage and serves the people of Macon County and the Decatur metropolitan area.
Illinois Nature Preserve sign at Nachusa Grasslands. The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission (INPC) is a state organization, established by the Illinois Natural Areas Preservation Act, to identify, protect, steward, and defend high quality natural areas in the state of Illinois. [1] [2] Its mission is: [1]
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 6,202 acres (2,510 ha) in Union County , Illinois , United States . It contains extensive Clear Creek wetlands managed for fishing and bird hunting .
The Macon County Conservation District (MCCD) is a public park authority, created in 1966, serving the metropolitan area of Decatur in the U.S. state of Illinois. The conservation district operates five conservation areas and six historic sites, as of 2022, throughout Macon County. [ 1 ]
The Edward L. Ryerson Conservation Area is a protected area and historic district in Riverwoods, Illinois, United States. The area was a weekend getaway for businessman Edward L. Ryerson, who built a cabin there in 1928. He built three other cabins for friends, and had a country house built in 1942.