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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. 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 .

  4. North American beaver - Wikipedia

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    The head-and-body length of adult North American beavers is 74–90 cm (29–35 in), with the tail adding a further 20–35 cm (7.9–13.8 in). Very old individuals can exceptionally exceed normal sizes, weighing more than 40 kg (88 lb) or even as much as 50 kg (110 lb) (higher than the maximum known for the Eurasian beaver).

  5. 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 .

  6. Beaver Dam State Park (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. 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]

  8. Macoupin Creek - Wikipedia

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    412812. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Macoupin Creek is a 99.7-mile-long (160.5 km) [2] tributary of the Illinois River, which it joins near the village of Hardin, Illinois . The word macoupin refers to the yellow pond lily [3] [4] ( Nuphar advena ), a native plant of the regional wetlands, and a favorite food source of local Indians.

  9. Environmental impacts of beavers - Wikipedia

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    Relocation costs $4,000–$4,500 per animal. Scott Garrow, District Wildlife Biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, opined that relocating the beavers may be "a waste of time", as beaver recolonizing North Pond in Lincoln Park has been recorded in 1994, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2018