Source: Rockford Woman Magazine, July/August 2008
Nygren Wetland Preserve
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
Nygren Wetland Preserve
In 2000, Natural Land Institute purchased a 721 acre farm near Rockton
Raccoon Creek runs through property
restored to 100 acres of prairie, 150 acres of woodland, 450 acres of wetlands
Ill Dept of Natural Resources & U S Fish and Wildlife funded restoration of creek
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Summer 2008, Vol 5, No 2
Nygren Wetland Preserve
Great Egret in flight
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Summer 2008, Vol 4, No 2
Nygren Wetland Preserve
Red-shouldered hawk
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine, Summer 2008 Vol. 5, No. 2