Table Of ContentAmerica’s Natural Places
Regional Volumes in America’s Natural Places
East and Northeast, Donelle Nicole Dreese
Pacific and West, Methea Kathleen Sapp
Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, Kelly Enright
South and Southeast, Stacy Kowtko
The Midwest, Jason Ney and Terri Nichols
America s
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Natural Places
The Midwest
Jason Ney
Terri Nichols
Stacy Kowtko, General Editor
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America’s natural places. The Midwest / Jason Ney, Terri Nichols.
p. cm. — (Regional volumes in America’s natural places)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-313-35088-7 (set hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-313-35089-4 (set ebook) —
ISBN 978-0-313-35316-1 (alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-313-35317-8 (ebook)
1. Protected areas—Middle West. 2. Endangered ecosystems—Middle West. I. Nichols, Terri.
II. Title.
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Contents
Series Foreword xi
Preface xv
Introduction xix
IllInoIs 1
Allerton Natural Area 1
Baber Woods Nature Preserve 3
Cache River Wetlands 5
Emiquon 6
Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve 9
Forest of the Wabash 11
Funk’s Grove 12
Gensburg-Markham Prairie Nature Preserve 14
Giant City State Park 15
Illinois Beach Nature Preserve 17
LaRue-Pine Ecological Area 19
Little Grand Canyon Area 21
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge 22
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Nachusa Grasslands Preserve 24
Volo Bog Nature Preserve 26
IndIana 29
Davis-Purdue Research Forest 29
Donaldson Cave and Donaldson’s Woods Nature Preserve 31
Harrison Spring 32
Hemmer Woods Nature Preserve 34
Hoosier Prairie Nature Preserve 35
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore 37
Kankakee Sands 39
Pine Hills Nature Preserve 41
Pioneer Mothers Memorial Forest 43
Wesley Chapel Gulf of the Lost River 45
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve 46
Wyandotte Cave 48
Iowa 51
Berry Woods 52
Bluebell Hollow Preserve 54
Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve 55
Decorah Ice Cave 57
Fred Maytag II Family Preserve 58
Freda Haffner Preserve 59
Grand River Grasslands 61
Hayden Prairie State Preserve 63
Loess Hills State Forest 64
Richard W. Pohl Memorial Preserve at Ames High Prairie 66
Sioux City Prairie 68
Swamp White Oak Preserve 70
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MIchIgan 73
Dead Stream Swamp 73
Dukes Research Natural Area 75
Hartwick Pines State Park 77
Haven Hill State Natural Area 78
Helmut & Candis Stern Preserve at Mount Baldy 80
Mary MacDonald Preserve at Horseshoe Harbor 82
Nan Weston Nature Preserve at Sharon Hollow 84
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park 86
Ross Coastal Plain Marsh Preserve 88
Toumey Woodlot 90
Two-Hearted River Forest Reserve 91
Zetterberg Preserve at Point Betsie 93
MInnesota 97
Ancient River Warren Channel 97
Big Bog State Recreation Area 99
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve—Allison Savanna 101
Itasca Wilderness Sanctuary Scientific and Natural Area 103
Keeley Creek Research Natural Area 105
Moe Woods Preserve 107
Pigeon River Cliffs Preserve 109
Pine Point Research Natural Area 111
Red Rock Prairie 113
Sand Lake/Seven Beavers Project Complex 114
Wallace C. Dayton Conservation & Wildlife Area 116
Weaver Dunes Scientific and Natural Area 118
MIssourI 121
Bennett Spring Savanna 121
Big Oak Tree State Park 123
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Chilton Creek 125
Grand River Grasslands—Dunn Ranch and Pawnee Prairie 127
Grasshopper Hollow 129
Onondaga Cave 130
Pickle Springs 132
Shelton L. Cook Meadow 133
Shut-in Mountain Fens 134
Taberville Prairie 136
Tucker Prairie 138
Tumbling Creek Cave 139
Victoria Glade 141
ohIo 145
Brown’s Lake Bog Preserve 145
Dysart Woods Laboratory 147
Edge of Appalachia Preserve 148
Glade Wetland 150
Goll Woods 151
Highbanks Natural Area 153
Hueston Woods 154
Kitty Todd Nature Preserve 156
Mentor Marsh 158
Morgan Swamp 159
wIsconsIn 163
Bad River–Kakagon Sloughs 164
Caroline Lake Preserve 166
Chiwaukee Prairie 167
Hemlock Draw 169
Holmboe Conifer Forest 171
Contents ix
Lulu Lake Preserve 172
Mink River Estuary 174
Quincy Bluff and Wetlands 176
The Ridges Sanctuary 178
Rush Lake/Owen & Anne Gromme Preserve 179
Spring Green Preserve 181
Summerton Bog 183
Thomson Memorial Prairie 184
Glossary 187
Bibliography 191
Index 201
