Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area

Infobox_protected_area | name = Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area, Illinois, USA
iucn_category = IV


caption = Kishwaukee River at the state fish and wildlife area
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location = DeKalb County, Illinois, USA
nearest_city = Kirkland, Illinois
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 06
lat_seconds = 09
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 88
long_minutes = 52
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = W
area = convert|570|acre|km2|2|lk=on
established = 2002
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governing_body = Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on convert|570|acre|km2|2| in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States.

History

The land for the Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area was acquired by the state of Illinois in 2002. That year, the state purchased convert|570|acre|km2 of land along the South Branch Kishwaukee River in DeKalb County. While the state acquired the convert|570|acre|km2|sing=on parcel south of the riverbank, DeKalb County was working on acquiring approximately convert|300|acre|km2 north of the river. The state purchase was facilitated by US$2.68 million from the Illinois Open Land Trust. [http://www.illinois.gov/pressreleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=1654 Governor Ryan Announces Open Land Trust Acquisition in DeKalb County] , Press release, January 24, 2002, Illinois Governor's Office. Accessed April 15, 2008.]

Description

Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area is located along the south bank of the South Branch Kishwaukee River just west of Kirkland, in DeKalb County, Illinois. The state property is located adjacent to the DeKalb County Forest Preserve's MacQueen Forest Preserve. The county eventually completed the purchase of the land on the north bank, across from the Fish and Wildlife Area, and designated it the Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve. [http://www.dekalbcounty.org/Forest/forest_preserve.html DeKalb County Forest Preserve] , official site. Accessed April 15, 2008.] Between state and local land acquisitions more than convert|900|acre|km2 along convert|3.2|mi|km of the river are publicly owned.

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*cite web |url= http://www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/hunter_fact_sheet/R1hfs/kwr_turkey.htm |title= Kishwaukee River State Fish and Wildlife Area|accessdate=2007-05-25 | publisher = Illinois Department of Natural Resources
*cite news | author= USGS | url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=42.1025&lon=-88.86983&symshow=n&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG| title= USGS Kirkland (IL) Quad | publisher= TopoQuest | accessdate= 2008-07-05