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Exploring Nature in Illinois: A Field Guide to the Prairie State

Exploring Nature in Illinois: A Field Guide to the Prairie State


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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.

Table of Contents:
CoverTitle PageCopyrightContentsForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Brief Natural History of IllinoisHow to Use This BookNorth1. Apple River Canyon State Park2. Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve3. Bluff Spring Fen4. Gensburg-Markham Prairie Nature Preserve5. Glacial Park Conservation Area6. Goose Lake Prairie State Park7. Green River State Wildlife Area8. Harlem Hills Nature Preserve9. Illinois Beach State Park10. Matthiessen State Park11. Mississippi Palisades State Park12. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie13. Moraine Hills State Park14. Nachusa Grasslands15. Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve16. Spring Lake Wildlife Conservation Area17. Starved Rock State Park18. Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge19. Volo Bog State Natural AreaCentral20. Emiquon Preserve21. Forest Park Nature Preserve22. Funks Grove23. Kankakee Sands24. Ballard Nature Center25. Along the Vermilion and Wabash RiversKickapoo State Park—Middle Fork Woods Nature PreserveForest Glen County Park—Forest Glen Seep and Russel M. Duffin Nature PreservesRobeson Hills Nature PreserveBeall Woods State Park and Natural Area26. Lodge County Park27. Pere Marquette State Park and the Lower Illinois River Valley28. Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve29. Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve30. Prairie Ridge State Natural Area and Illinois Audubon Sanctuaries31. Robert Allerton Park32. Mason County Sand AreasSand Ridge State Forest and Henry Allan Gleason Nature PreserveSand Prairie—Scrub Oak Nature PreserveSouth33. Bell Smith Springs Recreation Area34. The Cache River EcosystemThe Henry N. Barkhaussen Wetlands CenterHeron PondLittle Black SloughLower Cache River Access AreaBig Cypress AccessFrank Bellrose Waterfowl ReserveWildcat BluffCave Creek Glade Nature Preserve35. Cedar Lake36. Devil's Kitchen Lake—Rocky Bluff Trail37. Ferne Clyffe State Park38. Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve39. Garden of the Gods Recreation Area40. Giant City State Park—Trillium Trail41. Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area42. La Rue-Pine Hills Research Natural Area43. Little Grand Canyon44. Mermet Lake Conservation Area45. Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve46. Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow47. Simpson Township Barrens Natural Area48. Trail of Tears State Forest49. War Bluff Valley Audubon SanctuaryEpilogue: Your Own BackyardAppendix A: Directions to SitesAppendix B: Natural Divisions of IllinoisIndex

About the Author :
Michael Jeffords is the retired education/outreach director for the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) and was staff photographer for The Illinois Steward magazine. Susan Post is a retired INHS research scientist and staff writer for The Illinois Steward magazine, and author of Hiking Illinois. They are co-authors of Illinois Wilds.

Review :
"The definitive guide to Illinois wildlife."--The News-Gazette  "Authors Michael Jeffords and Susan Post do an excellent job of ferreting out the best natural spots in the state. . . . Their passion and love of Illinois comes through in their descriptive and lyrical prose."--Chicago Book Review   "These authors prove in no uncertain terms there is much to explore out-of-doors in Lincoln-land."--Booklist


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780252096266
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Illinois Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Field Guide to the Prairie State
  • ISBN-10: 0252096266
  • Publisher Date: 15 May 2014
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 277


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