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Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve
1,513 acres including dry-mesic, wet-mesic and wet prairie, and prairie
potholes.
Interpretive center and trails.
Southeast of Morris, north of Lorenzo Road, on Jugtown Road.
Owner: Illinois Department of Conservation. |
| Contact: IDOC (815) 942-2899 |
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Illinois Beach State Park
829 acres of wet to dry sand prairie on Lake Michigan.
Interpretive center and trails.
From Zion, take Sheridan Road south about 1 mile to Wadsworth Road.
Go East to Illinois Beach State Park.
Prarie on southern part of park.
Owner: Illinois Department of Conservation. |
| Contact: IDOC (847) 662-4828 |
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Indian Boundary Prairie
A 252-acre cluster of four prairies that are among the finest black soil prairies in the Midwest.
In Markham, east of Kedzie Ave., west of I-294, and between 155th and 157th streets.
Owner: The Nature Conservancy, Northeastern Illinois University, and The National Land Institute. |
| Contact: The Nature Conservancy (312) 346-8166 |
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Iroquois County Conservation Area
1,700 acres of wet to dry prairie and marsh.
Parking provided.
Northeast of Beaverville in southern and eastern parts of conservation area.
owner: Iroquois Wildlife Area, |
| Contact: (815) 435-2218 |
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Nachusa Grasslands
1,000 acre preserve.
Home to endangered upland sandpipers, loggerhead shrikes, and many rare grassland animals such as badgers and short-eared owls.
From Rochelle, take Illinois Hwy. 251 north to Flagg Road.
Turn west onto Flagg Road and continue approximately 16 miles west to Lowden Road.
Turn south onto Lowden Road and continue past Stone Barn Road.
The preserve will be on your right.
Owner: The Nature Conservancy. |
| Contact: (312) 346-8166 |
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Pere Marquette State Park
20 acres of hill prairie within the state park.
Interpretive center and trails.
West of Grafton on Illinois Hwy. 100.
Owner: Illinois Department of Conservation. |
| Contact: IDOC (618) 786-3323 |
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Reavis Hill Nature Preserve
454 acres of hill prairie.
No staff on site.
5.5 miles south of Easton, 8 miles ease of Kilbourne, south of County Highway 5.
Owner: Illinois Department of Conservation. |
| Contact: IDOC (309) 597-2212 |
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Searls Park Prairie
42 acres of wet to mesic prairie in the southeast corner of the park.
Parking and trails.
Northwest edge of Rockford on Central Avenue.
Owner: Rockford Park District |
| Contact: (815) 987-8800 |
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For more information on prairie sites in Illinois, call the Illinois Department of Conservation,
Division of Natural Heritage at (217) 785-8774 or write to Lincoln Tower Plaza, 524 South Second Street,
Springfield IL, 62701-1787. |
Excerpt from: Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers by Doug Ladd, 1995 by Falcon Press Publishing Co, Inc.
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