List of protected areas of Illinois

Illinois has a variety of protected areas including 123 state protected areas - state parks, wildlife areas, recreation areas, natural areas and state forests. There are also federal and local level protected areas in the state. These levels interact to provide a variety of recreation opportunities and conservation schemes, sometimes in a small area. For instance, convert|1500|acre|km2|sing=on Shabbona State Park lies in DeKalb County which has its own convert|1000|acre|km2|sing=on forest preserve system while the city of DeKalb has a convert|700|acre|km2|sing=on park system. There is one UNESCO World Heritage Site in Illinois, Cahokia.

Overview

Illinois has a wide variety of state owned and administered protected areas: state parks, state forests, state recreation areas, state fish and wildlife areas, state natural areas, and one state trail. They are all administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

There is also one national forest, Shawnee National Forest, and several other sites administered by the National Park Service, including portions of National Trails. There are also National Wildlife Refuges.

History

Federal protected areas

U.S. Wilderness Areas

*Bald Knob Wilderness
*Bay Creek Wilderness
*Burden Falls Wilderness
*Clear Springs Wilderness
*Crab Orchard Wilderness
*Garden of the Gods Wilderness
*Lusk Creek Wilderness
*Panther Den Wilderness

National Forest Service

*Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie - convert|7200|acre|km2
*Shawnee National Forest - 270,000 acres (1,100 km²)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

* Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
* Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge - convert|43500|acre|km2|sing=on including the convert|4050|acre|km2|sing=on Crab Orchard Wilderness
* Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
* Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge
* Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
* Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
* Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
* Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge

National Park Service

There are no national parks in Illinois but the Parks Service owns the 12 acre Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is a NPS-affliated site which is located in the Forest Preserve District of Cook County’s Portage Woods and Ottawa Trail Woods units.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Current state parks

Former parks

Local level parks

A variety of county and town protected areas exist in Illinois included city park districts and county-wide Forest Preserve Districts. One of the largest systems is the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, which includes Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden as well as convert|67000|acre|km2 of open land, or 11 percent of Cook County’s land area.

ee also

Notes

References

External links

* [http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/PARKS Illinois Department of Natural Resources]
* [http://www.recreation.gov Recreation.gov]

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