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Iowa
Prairie -
What is Left and Where is it?
Prairie Management & Reconstruction
Sand Prairie Field Days
Clinton County, Iowa and Western Illinois
Come join us for a tour of some unique and interesting habitats in eastern Iowa and western Illinois.
Itinerary
On Saturday we will be taking a bus to Lost Mound Wildlife Refuge (formerly
known as the Savanna Army Depot) . This 13,000 Acre Complex has about 5000
acres of sand prairie and sand savanna, with an additional 8000 acres of
bottomland forests on the Mississippi River. Additional Lost Mound
Resources:
Checklist of Vascular Plants
Occurring at the Savanna Army Depot, Carroll and Jo Daviess Counties, Illinois
US Fish and Wildlife Service Page
Another site we will be visiting will be the Ayers Sand Prairie, an Illinois Nature Preserve. Additional Ayers Resources:
Our last stop on Saturday will be the Thompson-Fulton Sand Prairie
Preserve. This is a large sand prairie complex that has different units
managed seperately by the Illinois DNR, the Corps of Engineers and the US Fish
and Wildlife Service. Addional Resources on Thompson-Fulton Sand Prairie:
Illinois DNR Page
Photographs of Thompson-Fulton Sand Prairie
On Sunday we will be visiting some parabolic sand prairies in western Clinton County. These parabolic dunes have recently been "discovered" as a new landform in Iowa. These dunes were created by strong winds at the end of the Wisconin epoch that moved large amounts of sand from the Wapsipinicon River valley and "moved" along the landscape. Come along and explore this exciting new geologic discovery. Additional Parabolic Dunes Resources:
