Exploring Nature in Illinois by ISBN: 9780252079900Publication Date: 2014-03-27Loaded with full color photographs and evocative descriptions, Exploring Nature in Illinois provides a panorama of the state's overlooked natural diversity. Naturalists Michael Jeffords and Susan Post explore fifty preserves, forests, restoration areas, and parks, bringing an expert view to wildlife and landscapes and looking beyond the obvious to uncover the unexpected beauty of Illinois's wild places. From the colorful variety of birds at War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary to the exposed bedrock and cliff faces of Apple River Canyon, Exploring Nature in Illinois will inspire readers to explore wonders hidden from urban sprawl and cultivated farmland. Maps and descriptions help travelers access even hard-to-find sites while a wealth of detail and photography offers nature-lovers insights into the flora, fauna, and other aspects of vibrant settings and ecosystems. The authors also include diary entries describing their own impressions of and engagement with the sites. A unique and much-needed reference, Exploring Nature in Illinois will entertain and enlighten hikers, cyclers, students and scouts, morning walkers, weekend drivers, and anyone else seeking to get back to nature in the Prairie State.Champaign County Forest Preserve District
Publication Date: 1987History of Champaign County Forest Preserve District -- Lake of the Woods county park -- Salt Fork River Forest Preserve -- Middlefork River Forest Preserve -- special event and educational programs -- the conservation function -- rental facilities -- calendar of events- Proudly celebrating 50 years : Champaign County Forest Preserve District, 1948-1998.Publication Date: 1998
- Forest Preserve and Conservation Districts in Northeastern Illinois: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century byPublication Date: 2006Produced by Openlands in 2006, and covers Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, Forest Preserve District of Kane County,
Kendall County Forest Preserve District, Lake County Forest Preserve District. McHenry County Conservation District, and Forest Preserve District of Will County. 
Forest Preserves of Cook County Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan by Publication Date: 2014AVAILABLE ONLINE. The Prairie Research Institute worked with the Forest Preserves of Cook County to produce this plan for the management of over 69,000 acres in the district, which includes 50,000 acres of natural lands and at least 550 archaeological sites.
Illinois Forest Preserves in WorldCat
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Early Surveys of Illinois Forest Resources
- Ecological Committee Report on Forestry Survey (Illinois State Academy of Science, 1919)from Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Twelfth Annual Meeting
Contents:
The Forest Lands of Jo Daviess County, H. S. Pepoon p. 183
A Preliminary Report on the North Two Tiers of Sections in Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois, Warren G. Waterman p. 203
Ecological Survey of Forests in the Vicinity of Glencoe, Illinois, Hazel M. Schmoll p. 208
Preliminary Account of the Forests in Cumberland County, Illinois, Arthur G. Vestal p. 234
The Forests of La Salle County, Illinois, Geo. D. Fuller and P. D. Strausbaugh p. 246
Strip Survey and Growth Studies in La Salle County, R. B. Miller and Geo. D. Fuller p. 273
The Forests of Vermilion County, W. B. McDougall p. 282 - First Report on a Forestry Survey of Illinois, Bulletin of the Illinois State Natural History Survey, Volume 14, Article 8 (Miller, 1923)A survey covering the western part of the Ozark highlands of southern Illinois.
- Second Report on a Forest Survey of Illinois. The Economics of Forestry in the State. Bulletin of the Illinois State Natural History Survey, Volume 15, Article 3 (Chapman & Miller, 1924)Reports on forestry industry in Illinois, including production and consumption of wood, and the historic forest land cover of the state.
- Third Report on a Forest Survey of Illinois, Bulletin of the Illinois State Natural History Survey, Volum 16, Article 1 (Telford, 1926)An inventory of the forests to present the area and condition of the forests of Illinois.