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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.
Devil's Kitchen Lake is an 810-acre (3.3 km 2) reservoir in southern Illinois, created by the damming of Grassy Creek, a tributary of Crab Orchard Lake and the Big Muddy River. Most of the lake is located in Williamson County, southwest of Marion, Illinois. The lake is accessible from Interstate 57.
Crab Orchard Lake was created when Crab Orchard Creek, a tributary of the Big Muddy River in southern Illinois, was dammed in the 1930s for purposes of recreation and flood control. The Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge was established August 5, 1947 following the transfer of all land previously held by the Crab Orchard Creek Project and ...
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge: Jackson County Union County Williamson County: IL 1947 43,890 acres (177.6 km 2) [128] Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge: Alexander County Johnson County Pulaski County Union County: IL 1990 16,000 acres (65 km 2) [129] Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge: Fulton County: IL 1993 11,122 acres (45.01 km 2 ...
The Crab Orchard Wilderness is a 4,050-acre (16.4 km 2) parcel of land listed as a Wilderness Area of the United States. It is located within the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Williamson, Union, and Jackson counties in Illinois. [2]
Panther Den Wilderness is the smallest of eight Wilderness areas in Illinois. The other seven are Bald Knob Wilderness, Bay Creek Wilderness, Burden Falls Wilderness, Clear Springs Wilderness, Crab Orchard Wilderness, Garden of the Gods, and Lusk Creek Wilderness. [2] All Illinois Wilderness areas are located in Southern Illinois. Panther Den Road
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Crab Orchard: Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge: FWS IL 4,050 6.33 1,640 16.4 ... Hunting Camp Creek: George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: USFS VA