Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Illinois has a variety of protected areas, including over 123 state-protected areas, dozens of federally protected areas, hundreds of county-level and municipal park areas. Illinois also contains sites designated as internationally important protected areas.
Protected areas of Union County, Illinois (1 C, 12 P) V. Protected areas of Vermilion County, Illinois (9 P) W. Protected areas of Wabash County, Illinois (1 P)
This category includes articles on protected areas within the U.S. state of Illinois. This includes federal, state, local and privately controlled/owned areas. This includes federal, state, local and privately controlled/owned areas.
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]
Beall Woods State Park is an Illinois state park on 635 acres (257 ha) bordering the Wabash River and Keensburg in Wabash County, Illinois in the United States.329 acres (133 ha) of the state park is an old-growth forest designated as a protected Natural Area by the state of Illinois.
The name Siloam Springs came from a biblical reference, christened by Rev. Reuben K. McCoy, a Presbyterian minister from Clayton, Illinois. [1] [2] [3] Local legend held that the spring water in the area had a medicinal effect. In the 1800s, visitors came to the five mineral springs.
Pages in category "Protected areas of DuPage County, Illinois" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
It is located on the east side of the Illinois River along IL 26. [1] The Spring Beach Unit (1,642 acres (664 ha), of which 537 acres (217 ha) are water) is located on the west side of the Illinois River between Sparland and Chillicothe along IL 29. [1] It has a 6-acre picnic area, fishing, hunting, and hiking trails. [1]