[BCNnet] IBA sites

[Judy Pollock]

Hello bird conservationists,

This message consists mainly of a list of Illinois sites that are being
nominated as Important Bird Areas. I invite you to look it over, and to
nominate additional sites. Sites that are important to our rarer breeding
birds, that contain important habitat with a full complement of appropriate
birds, and that host large concentrations of migrants are eligible. IBA
designation can benefit birds by attracting additional protections and
resources to the site. It's one way you can "give something back to the
birds." For criteria and nomination forms, see
<<http://www.habitatproject.org/>http://www.habitatproject.org/><http://www
.habitatproject.org/>www.habitatproject.org, or contact me.

Thank you!

Sites Identified by previous IBA efforts (updated information is welcome):

Upper Mississippi NWR
Driftless Area (Mississippi Palisades State Park, Hanover Bluff)
Prairie Parklands (Goose Lake State Park, Des Plaines State Conservation Area,
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Joliet Training Area)
Rock River (Castle Rock State Park, Lowden-Miller State Forest, Franklin Grove
State Park, Nachusa Grasslands)
Middle Illinois River (numerous sites including Lake DePue, Marshall State
Fish
and Wildlife Area, Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Banner Marsh and Rice
Lake State Fish and Wildlife Areas, Pekin Lake and Marseilles State Fish and
Wildlife Area, Sanganois and Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area)
Big Rivers (Pere Marquette State Park/Calhoun Point, Calhoun Division of the
Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge)
Illinois Ozarks (Jonesboro Ranger District of the Shawnee National Forest,
Union
County State Conservation Area, Trail of Tears State Forest)
Shawnee Hills (Vienna Ranger District of Shawnee National Forest, Dixon
Springs
State Park and Agricultural Experiment Station)
Cache River Wetlands (Cache River State Natural Area, Cypress Creek National
Wildlife Refuge, Limekiln Slough TNC Reserve, Horseshoe Lake State Fish and
Wildlife Area)
Nachusa Grasslands
Winnebago County Parks and Forest Preserves
Fox River Valley (Moraine Hills State Park to Chain-O-Lakes State Park)
Upper Des Plaines River (Park Ridge north to Cook County line)
Illinois Beach State Park
Chicago Lakefront (Montrose to Jackson Park)
Lake Calumet (Includes the lake and land immediately adjacent)
Glacial Park
Kankakee Sands
Mark Twain NWR (Gardner)
Kaskaskia River Corridor (Carlyle to Fayetteville)
Prairie Ridge Grasslands

Sites with nomination forms being prepared:
Grass Lake
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Ryerson/upper Des Plaines preserves
Middlefork Savanna
Raccoon Grove
Hennepin Wetlands
Crab Orchard NWR
Carpenter Park Nature Preserve
Busey Woods
Additions to Middle Illinois River sites: Fulton Cty additions- Double T;
Bluff
Forest N From Peoria to cty line; Duck Creek Station
Marshall cty FW (another 400 acres added) 
Woodford Cty Cons Area additions - Rice Lake, Banner Marsh (Duck Island
purchased), 
Worley/Pekin Lake Conservation Area-san dist-Martinville Park


Judy Pollock
Evanston (Cook)
bobolnk@ix.netcom.com