NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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the tract states that the area was be- 

 queathed to the county by Mr. West, 

 to be a reserve of original nature dedi- 

 cated to the interests of nature lovers. 

 (a) from Leroy, 111. /. W. Brown. 



Cedar Glen. (Hancock County.) 100 

 acres deciduous forest, with ravine and 

 bluff, known as Cedar Glen. The glen 

 is in an essentially primeval condition, 

 and the tract should extend over the 

 bottomland to the river. 



Located in Hancock County, 3 mi. 

 from Warsaw, 111. W . K. Hill. 



Wild Cat Springs. (Hancock County.) 

 50 acres deciduous forest, flood plain 

 forest, talus slope, ravine, bluff, shore, 

 lake, river, and spring. This place, 

 known as Wild Cat Springs, includes 

 a ravine into which the water from 

 the Koekuk Power Dam extends for 

 mi. The tract is in a nearly primeval 

 state. 



Located in Hancock County, 111., one 

 mi. from Hamilton. W. K. Hill. 



Sangamon Bottoms. (Piatt County.) 

 40 acres of flood plain forest, with tem- 

 porary ponds and a stream with sandy 

 bottom. Shows very well the stages 

 taking place in the flood plain forest. 



Located in Piatt County, along the 

 Sangamon River, 1^ mi. west of White 

 Heath, 111. White Heath is on a new 

 cement road, Champaign to Springfield; 

 also on the Illinois Central R. R. be- 

 tween Champaign and Clinton. V. E. 

 Shelford. 



*Deer Park and Deer Park Canyon. 

 (La Salle County.) One sq. mi. of 

 deciduous forest, with river, canyons, 

 waterfalls and springs. Is maintained 

 by two towns at the present time but 

 should pass into state control and be 

 linked up with Starved Rock Park. 

 The main canyon rivals any of the 

 canyons in Starved Rock Park. 



Located near Oglesby, La Salle 

 County. G. D. Fuller. 



*Starved Rock State Park. (La Salle 

 County.) Comprises about 1000 acres 

 on the south bank of the Illinois River, 

 extending along the bluff for about 5 

 mi. Conditions range from dry rocky 

 bluffs, where the northern white cedar 

 is found, to mesophytic ravines. An 

 extension of the area is planned to in- 

 clude Deer Park Canyon. For further 

 description see Ridgley's Geography of 



Illinois, University of Chicago Press, 

 page 327. 



Ample hotel accommodations in the 

 park. Reached by C. R. I. & P. R. R. 

 from Utica, interurban line Utica to La 

 Salle or (a) on Route 7. R. B. Miller. 



Morton Arboretum. An area of about 

 500 acres or more being developed as a 

 private arboretum by Mr. Morton. To 

 be later endowed for public use. 



Located at Morton Grove, about 60 

 mi. west of Chicago. H. C. Cowles. 



*Matheson Park. (La Salle County.) 

 Two sq. mi. of deciduous forest with 

 ravines, marshy shore and a portion of 

 the valley of the Little Vermillion 

 River. It is just on the outskirts of 

 the city of La Salle and is named after 

 the owner. It is being used as a pleasure 

 resort to some extent and should be 

 preserved by the city. 



La Salle, 111. G. D. Fuller. 



*Winneshiek Bottoms. An extensive 

 area along the Mississippi River border- 

 ing four states, namely, Iowa, Illinois, 

 Wisconsin and Minnesota. Congress 

 has authorized the acquisition of this 

 territory as a Federal Reservation for 

 the protection of migratory birds and 

 fish. It is considered that it will be an 

 important factor in contributing to the 

 perpetuation of the migratory wild- 

 fowl for which the Mississippi Valley 

 is an especially important highway. 

 W. L. McAtee. 



Valley of the East Fork of Fox River. 

 (Richland County.) This area is desig- 

 nated for two reasons: (1) It probably 

 contains a larger proportion of woodland 

 and a greater variety of surface than any 

 other near Olney; and (2) it is contiguous 

 to Bird Haven, a preserve already pri- 

 vately established, though eventually 

 to be for the benefit of the public. 



The flood-plain of East Fork, averag- 

 ing between and J mi. wide, is bordered 

 on each side by bluffs elevated about 36 

 ft. above the stream level, and broken by 

 frequent lateral narrow valleys. Both 

 bottomland and upland are well wooded 

 in many places, and the growth, in cer- 

 tain parts, probably approximates as 

 nearly to the original type as any within 

 the county. 



The special interest connected with 



