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Illinois Wilds

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This 1995 harcover describes Illinois' natural beauty beyond its highways, towns, and scattered villages. Sadly, Illinois ranks 49th of the states (Iowa is 50th) in the amount of land preserved in its virgin beauty before the arrival of European settlers, farmers, and lumberjacks. The authors catagorize the landscape of Illinois into 15 natural areas which include the following: unglaciated woods, gravel prairies, lake shore, marshes, bogs, seep springs, tallgrass prairie, prairie groves, sand prairies and savannas, hill prairies, easter n forests, rock ledges, southern ravines, southern swamps, and coastal plain forests. The photos are stunning and very beautiful. However, the location (e.g. state park, natural area, county) of where each photo was taken is rarely given! The text is short and easy to read for the layman, but long enough to give the hiker/outdoorsman/naturalist a basic understanding of the area described. A great book for anyone who wants to enjoy more of Illinois than can be seen from his or her car on I-55!