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The Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, also known as Lincoln Park Lily Pool, is an important example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell and located at 125 W. Fullerton Parkway (between Stockton and Cannon Drives) in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. Developed in 1936-38, it is one of Caldwell's most fully realized ...
Environmental impacts of beavers. Beaver dam enlargement. September 2009. December 2009. Images of a beaver dam over a four month period. Beaver dams block rivers and create ponds. The beaver is a keystone species, increasing biodiversity in its territory through creation of ponds and wetlands.
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.
Beaver Dam State Park is an Illinois state park on 750 acres (304 ha) in Macoupin County, Illinois in the United States. The park is 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Carlinville, Illinois and is managed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) as a public place for fishing . The state park centers on the 59-acre (24 ha) Beaver Dam ...
The gate closes at dusk. Lifeguards are on duty from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the beach house facilities, including rinse stations, are open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Seasonal and daily passes are ...
Vernal pool. Vernal pools, also called vernal ponds or ephemeral pools, are seasonal pools of water that provide habitat for distinctive plants and animals. They are considered to be a distinctive type of wetland usually devoid of fish, and thus allow the safe development of natal amphibian and insect species unable to withstand competition or ...
The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517-acre (614 ha) park, nature center, and conference center located in the rural Piatt County township of Willow Branch, (T 18 N, R 5 E) near Monticello, Illinois, on the upper Sangamon River.
Collect Pond, or Fresh Water Pond, [1] was a body of fresh water in what is now Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, New York City. For the first two centuries of European settlement in Manhattan, it was the main New York City water supply system for the growing city. A jail was later built on the former pond. In the 20th century, the site became ...