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Illinois' ecology is in a land area of 56,400 square miles (146,000 km 2); the state is 385 miles (620 km) long and 218 miles (351 km) wide and is located between latitude: 36.9540° to 42.4951° N, and longitude: 87.3840° to 91.4244° W, [1] with primarily a humid continental climate.
Ignacio Calderon and Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY Updated January 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM As thousands of people fled from fires that tore through Los Angeles County this month, you may have wondered ...
The data collected by FIRMS are presented as a free web mapping service, with the active fire locations if any overlaid on a map. [1] The detections are displayed on top of a static background layer and each visualized detection is clickable to display its data, such as detection time, coordinates, satellite and instrument.
The Illinois National Guard, alongside crews from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, were deployed by Governor Pritzker. Salvation Army volunteers also set up a mobile unit to provide food for emergency responders attending to the fire. [4] The Red Cross was also present. [11]
As spring gets underway, conservationists are purposely setting Illinois tallgrass prairies on fire to protect native species and revitalize one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world.
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
South Fork Fire: New Mexico: Otero, Lincoln: 17,569 June 17 unknown 2024 New Mexico wildfires – Estimated damage costs over $70,000,000. [3] Oak Ridge Colorado: Custer, Pueblo: 1,310 June 22 unknown 2024 Colorado wildfires – Estimated damage costs over $18,000,000. [3] Pine Ridge Wyoming: Goshen: 1,290 June 24 June 26 2024 Wyoming wildfires ...
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Allerton Natural Area: 1970: Piatt: State Contains a now-rare example of the ecosystems in Illinois stream valleys, with bottomland and upland forests in minimally disturbed condition.