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Exploring Nature in Illinois

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Loaded with full color photographs and evocative descriptions, Exploring Nature in Illinois provides a panorama of the state's overlooked natural diversity. Naturalists Michael Jeffords and Susan Post explore fifty preserves, forests, restoration areas, and parks, bringing an expert view to wildlife and landscapes and looking beyond the obvious to uncover the unexpected beauty of Illinois's wild places.

From the colorful variety of birds at War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary to the exposed bedrock and cliff faces of Apple River Canyon, Exploring Nature in Illinois will inspire readers to explore wonders hidden from urban sprawl and cultivated farmland. Maps and descriptions help travelers access even hard-to-find sites while a wealth of detail and photography offers nature-lovers insights into the flora, fauna, and other aspects of vibrant settings and ecosystems. The authors also include diary entries describing their own impressions of and engagement with the sites.

A unique and much-needed reference, Exploring Nature in Illinois will entertain and enlighten hikers, cyclers, students and scouts, morning walkers, weekend drivers, and anyone else seeking to get back to nature in the Prairie State.| Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: A Brief Natural History of Illinois How to Use This Book North 1. Apple River Canyon State Park 2. Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve 3. Bluff Spring Fen 4. Gensburg-Markham Prairie Nature Preserve 5. Glacial Park Conservation Area 6. Goose Lake Prairie State Park 7. Green River State Wildlife Area 8. Harlem Hills Nature Preserve 9. Illinois Beach State Park 10. Matthiessen State Park 11. Mississippi Palisades State Park 12. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie 13. Moraine Hills State Park 14. Nachusa Grasslands 15. Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve 16. Spring Lake Wildlife Conservation Area 17. Starved Rock State Park 18. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge 19. Volo Bog State Natural Area Central 20. Emiquon Preserve 21. Forest Park Nature Preserve 22. Funks Grove 23. Kankakee Sands 24. Ballard Nature Center 25. Along the Vermilion and Wabash Rivers Kickapoo State Park—Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve Forest Glen County Park—Forest Glen Seep and Russel M. Duffin Nature Preserves Robeson Hills Nature Preserve Beall Woods State Park and Natural Area 26. Lodge County Park 27. Pere Marquette State Park and the Lower Illinois River Valley 28. Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve 29. Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve 30. Prairie Ridge State Natural Area and Illinois Audubon Sanctuaries 31. Robert Allerton Park 32. Mason County Sand Areas Sand Ridge State Forest and Henry Allan Gleason Nature Preserve Sand Prairie—Scrub Oak Nature Preserve South 33. Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area 34. The Cache River Ecosystem The Henry N. Barkhaussen Wetlands Center Heron Pond Little Black Slough Lower Cache River Access Area Big Cypress Access Frank Bellrose Waterfowl Reserve Wildcat Bluff Cave Creek Glade Nature Preserve 35. Cedar Lake 36. Devil's Kitchen Lake—Rocky Bluff Trail 37. Ferne Clyffe State Park 38. Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve 39. Garden of the Gods Recreation Area 40. Giant City State Park—Trillium Trail 41. Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area 42. La Rue-Pine Hills Research Natural Area 43. Little Grand Canyon 44. Mermet Lake Conservation Area 45. Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve 46. Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow 47. Simpson Township Barrens Natural Area 48. Trail of Tears State Forest 49. War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary Epilogue: Your Own Backyard Appendix A: Directions to Sites Appendix B: Natural Divisions of Illinois Index | "The...

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Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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  • Release date: May 1, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780252096266
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  • Release date: May 1, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9780252096266
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Loaded with full color photographs and evocative descriptions, Exploring Nature in Illinois provides a panorama of the state's overlooked natural diversity. Naturalists Michael Jeffords and Susan Post explore fifty preserves, forests, restoration areas, and parks, bringing an expert view to wildlife and landscapes and looking beyond the obvious to uncover the unexpected beauty of Illinois's wild places.

From the colorful variety of birds at War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary to the exposed bedrock and cliff faces of Apple River Canyon, Exploring Nature in Illinois will inspire readers to explore wonders hidden from urban sprawl and cultivated farmland. Maps and descriptions help travelers access even hard-to-find sites while a wealth of detail and photography offers nature-lovers insights into the flora, fauna, and other aspects of vibrant settings and ecosystems. The authors also include diary entries describing their own impressions of and engagement with the sites.

A unique and much-needed reference, Exploring Nature in Illinois will entertain and enlighten hikers, cyclers, students and scouts, morning walkers, weekend drivers, and anyone else seeking to get back to nature in the Prairie State.| Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: A Brief Natural History of Illinois How to Use This Book North 1. Apple River Canyon State Park 2. Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve 3. Bluff Spring Fen 4. Gensburg-Markham Prairie Nature Preserve 5. Glacial Park Conservation Area 6. Goose Lake Prairie State Park 7. Green River State Wildlife Area 8. Harlem Hills Nature Preserve 9. Illinois Beach State Park 10. Matthiessen State Park 11. Mississippi Palisades State Park 12. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie 13. Moraine Hills State Park 14. Nachusa Grasslands 15. Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve 16. Spring Lake Wildlife Conservation Area 17. Starved Rock State Park 18. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge 19. Volo Bog State Natural Area Central 20. Emiquon Preserve 21. Forest Park Nature Preserve 22. Funks Grove 23. Kankakee Sands 24. Ballard Nature Center 25. Along the Vermilion and Wabash Rivers Kickapoo State Park—Middle Fork Woods Nature Preserve Forest Glen County Park—Forest Glen Seep and Russel M. Duffin Nature Preserves Robeson Hills Nature Preserve Beall Woods State Park and Natural Area 26. Lodge County Park 27. Pere Marquette State Park and the Lower Illinois River Valley 28. Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve 29. Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve 30. Prairie Ridge State Natural Area and Illinois Audubon Sanctuaries 31. Robert Allerton Park 32. Mason County Sand Areas Sand Ridge State Forest and Henry Allan Gleason Nature Preserve Sand Prairie—Scrub Oak Nature Preserve South 33. Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area 34. The Cache River Ecosystem The Henry N. Barkhaussen Wetlands Center Heron Pond Little Black Slough Lower Cache River Access Area Big Cypress Access Frank Bellrose Waterfowl Reserve Wildcat Bluff Cave Creek Glade Nature Preserve 35. Cedar Lake 36. Devil's Kitchen Lake—Rocky Bluff Trail 37. Ferne Clyffe State Park 38. Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve 39. Garden of the Gods Recreation Area 40. Giant City State Park—Trillium Trail 41. Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area 42. La Rue-Pine Hills Research Natural Area 43. Little Grand Canyon 44. Mermet Lake Conservation Area 45. Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve 46. Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow 47. Simpson Township Barrens Natural Area 48. Trail of Tears State Forest 49. War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary Epilogue: Your Own Backyard Appendix A: Directions to Sites Appendix B: Natural Divisions of Illinois Index | "The...

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