[BCNnet] IBA sites

[Yvonne Homeyer]

Dear Judy,

In the list of previous IBA-identified sites, you mention Horseshoe Lake.
Are you referring to the Horseshoe Lake State Park near Granite City, IL
(just a few miles from downtown St. Louis, MO)? I believe there is another
Horseshoe Lake in southern Illinois.  I am not sure which Horseshoe Lake is
intended. Thank you.

Yvonne Homeyer
St. Louis

----- Original Message -----
From: Judy Pollock <bobolnk@ix.netcom.com>
To: <bcnnet@ece.iit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:44 AM
Subject: [BCNnet] IBA sites


> 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
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