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The Black Hawk State Historic Site, in Rock Island, Illinois, is adjacent to the historic site of the village of Saukenuk, the home of a band of Native Americans of the Sauk nation. It includes the John Hauberg Museum of Native American Life. The state park is located on a 150 feet (50 m) bluff overlooking the Rock River in western
Little Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) Illinois Caverns State Natural Area: Monroe: 120 0.49 1985: None: 9.6 km of the park are passages underground. Mitchell's Grove Nature Preserve: LaSalle: 184 0.74 1997: Little Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area: Jackson, Randolph: 198 0.80 1972: Piney ...
Heron Pond – Little Black Slough Nature Preserve protects a swath of Cache River drainage upstream from the Post Creek Cutoff. [3] Its biology and geology are representative of the Coastal Plain natural division in Illinois, [4] which is the northernmost extent of the Gulf Coastal Plain in North America.
Illinois Beach Nature Preserve: 1980: Lake: State The site is a part of Illinois Beach State Park, and contains a wide range of savanna, prairie, wetland and beach ecosystems, as well as numerous endangered species. LaRue-Pine Hills Ecological Area: 1974
The 385-acre (156 ha) park contains the southernmost remaining stand of native white pine trees in the state of Illinois, and that area, 43 acres (17 ha), was designated an Illinois Nature Preserve in 2001. The area was poised to become a state park in 1903, but a veto by Governor Richard Yates prevented that from occurring. Supporters ...
The Lake County Forest Preserves is a government agency headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, United States.As principal guardian of Lake County’s open space and natural areas since 1958, it sets the standard in nature and historic preservation, and in outdoor recreation and education. [1]
Bartlett Woods (formerly Knox Grove) is a 23 acres (9.3 ha) nature preserve located in Lee County, Illinois, US, situated along the bank of the Big Bureau Creek. It is a remnant of a larger forest which is no longer extant.
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre (180 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois, in the United States. Its land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna.