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