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Cold Water Spring State Preserve is a 60-acre (240,000 m 2) parcel state preserve protecting a spring that issues from Cold Water Cave, an extensive cave system in Winneshiek County, Iowa and Fillmore County, Minnesota. The spring is a tributary of the Upper Iowa River . The cave system contains a large underground creek that courses around ...
Coldwater Creek (Missouri river tributary) Coordinates: 38°49′54″N 90°13′08″W. Coldwater Creek (also Cold Water Creek) is a 19-mile tributary of the Missouri River in north St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] It is known to be contaminated with radioactive wastes several miles upstream of its northern mouth.
The Illinois Land Conservation Act (Public Law 104-106) created the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, designated the transfer of 19,165 acres (7,756 ha) of land in Illinois from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The Illinois Land Conservation Act mandates that Midewin be managed to meet four primary objectives:
Illinois Caverns State Natural Area: Monroe: 120 0.49 1985: None: 9.6 km of the park are passages underground. Mitchell's Grove Nature Preserve: LaSalle: 184 0.74 1997: Little Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary) Piney Creek Ravine State Natural Area: Jackson, Randolph: 198 0.80 1972: Piney Creek: Prairie Ridge State Natural Area: Jasper ...
White Pines Forest State Park, more commonly referred to as White Pines State Park, is an Illinois state park in Ogle County, Illinois. It is located near the communities of Polo, Mount Morris and Oregon. The 385-acre (156 ha) park contains the southernmost remaining stand of native white pine trees in the state of Illinois, and that area, 43 ...
Newton, Illinois. Coordinates. 38°54′40″N 88°11′20″W. / 38.91111°N 88.18889°W / 38.91111; -88.18889. Area. 4,101 acres (1,660 ha) Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The Prairie Ridge State Natural Area is a 4,101-acre (1,660 ha) collaborative natural area managed by the Illinois Department of Natural ...
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge. / 40.37500°N 90.00000°W / 40.37500; -90.00000. The Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River in Mason County northeast of Havana, Illinois. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as one of the four Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges.
Green River State Wildlife Area. / 41.63861°N 89.50833°W / 41.63861; -89.50833. Green River State Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 2,565 acres (1,038 ha) in Lee County, Illinois, United States . This wildlife restoration area was acquired by the State of Illinois in 1940, using funds from the Federal Aid in Wildlife ...