Source: Rockford Register Star, April 12, 2019
George B. Fell
Church St., North, 1240
Nygren Wetland Preserve – 1964
“In 1964, Gov. Otto Kerner signed articles of dedication for Illinois Beach Nature Preserve, the first area to be placed in the Nature Preserves System. At right is George B. Fell, secretary of the Illinois Nature Preserves. William T. Lodge, Director of the Illinois Department of Conservation, is at left.”
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Summer 2008, Vol. 5 No 2