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Conservation Efforts in Illinois: Restoring Forests and Wildlife Diversity

Learn about the restoration of forests and wildlife in Illinois through conservation efforts focusing on reforestation and reintroduction of wild turkeys, while exploring the native morel mushrooms.

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Conservation Efforts in Illinois: Restoring Forests and Wildlife Diversity

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  1. Trees When American began settling Illinois, forests occupied an estimated 14 million acres, (40%). Forest did drop to a low of 3.0 million acres. But today forest land is around 4.3 million acres of land, (12%) percent of the State’s land. (IL Natural Survey Division1960 and North Central R.S., www.ncrs.fs.fed.us)

  2. Lockjaw Tetanus bacilli Tetanus bacilli also called lockjaw

  3. MorelsMorchella Depending on conditions, morels are commonly found by dead elm trees, old apple orchards, black cherry trees, or from the result of a previous year's fire. (Thomas J. Volk, The morel life cycle, http://tomvolkfungi.net/)

  4. Mosquito

  5. Turkey Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Between 1959 and 1967, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) brought in wild turkeys from Mississippi, Arkansas, and West Virginia. After raising a flock, IDNR biologists relocated these turkeys to other counties. Now there are approximately 150,000 wild turkey in Illinois. (University of Illinois Extension Eastern, Wild Turkey, web.extension.uiuc.edu)

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