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Headquarters. Naperville, Illinois. Region. Northern Illinois, US. Website. theconservationfoundation .org. The Conservation Foundation is a non-governmental, not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization with a mission to preserve open space and natural lands, protect rivers and watersheds, and promote stewardship of the environment. [1]
Elevation. 689 ft (210 m) Established. 1946. McDowell Grove Forest Preserve, located in Naperville, state of Illinois, is a 439-acre (178 ha) preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River . The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930.
The river begins as two individual streams. The West Branch of the DuPage River, 35.0 miles (56.3 km) long, [2] starts at Campanelli Park in Schaumburg [4] within Cook County and continues southward through the entire county of DuPage, including the towns of Bartlett, Wayne, Wheaton, Warrenville, Winfield and Naperville (including through its riverwalk), as well as McDowell Grove.
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:
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The Old Nichols Library is a historic building on Washington Street in Naperville, Illinois. The building was designed by Mifflin E. Bell [citation needed] in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. [1] The building served as the original public library for Naperville from its construction in 1897 until 1986, when the library operations moved to ...
Illinois state-owned protected areas include state parks, state forests, state recreation areas, state fish and wildlife areas, state natural areas, and one state trail. These areas are all administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In addition, dozens of state historic sites are administered by the Illinois Historic ...
Lake County Forest Preserves. Lake County Forest Preserves (also called Lake County Forest Preserve District, or LCFPD) is a governmental organization that purchases land and oversees the use of such public open-space in Lake County, Illinois. [1] It is a member of Chicago Wilderness. [2] The board of directors is also the board of Lake County.