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  2. James "Pate" Philip State Park - Wikipedia

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    Area. 3,432 acres (1,389 ha) Established. 1991. Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. James "Pate" Philip State Park, originally known as Tri-County State Park, is an Illinois state park in DuPage County and Kane County, Illinois, United States . The park is named after James "Pate" Philip, a Republican politician.

  3. Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    Area. 3,103 acres (1,256 ha) Established. 1959. Governing body. Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 3,103 acres (1,256 ha) in Marion County, Illinois, United States. It was named for Stephen Alfred Forbes .

  4. Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area - Wikipedia

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    Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area, Illinois, U.S. /  37.40833°N 89.37556°W  / 37.40833; -89.37556. Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 6,202 acres (2,510 ha) in Union County, Illinois, United States. It contains extensive Clear Creek wetlands managed for fishing and bird hunting .

  5. List of nature centers in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Central. 40 acres, operated by the Illinois Audubon Society. Andresen Nature Center. Fulton. Whiteside. Northwest. information, operated by volunteers, open for city events and education programs, features displays of local wildlife, insects, and flora found along the local watershed of the upper Mississippi River. Anita Purves Nature Center.

  6. Beaver Brook State Park - Wikipedia

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    Beaver Brook State Park is an undeveloped public recreation area covering 401 acres (162 ha) in the towns of Windham and Chaplin, Connecticut. The state park encompasses Bibbins Pond, also known as Beaver Brook Pond, as well as the acreage northward as far as the Air Line State Park Trail , which forms the park's northern boundary. [4]

  7. Bartlett, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Bartlett is a village in Illinois, United States. The population was 41,105 at the 2020 census. The village is primarily located in Cook and DuPage counties, with a small parcel on the western border located in Kane County. Bartlett is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .

  8. Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area - Wikipedia

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    Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area. /  38.28556°N 89.90889°W  / 38.28556; -89.90889. Kaskaskia River State Fish and Wildlife Area is an Illinois state park on 20,000 acres (8,094 ha) in St. Clair, Monroe, and Randolph Counties, Illinois, United States. A focus of this conservation area is Baldwin Lake, a perched cooling pond ...

  9. Beaver dam - Wikipedia

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    The largest known beaver dam is in Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada, and is 775 metres (2,543 ft) long. [8] Satellite photos provided by NASA WorldWind show the dam did not exist in 1975, but it appeared in subsequent images. It has two or more lodges and is a combination of two original dams.