Where The Sky Began: Land of the Tallgrass Prairie

Appendix B. Directory of Representative Tallgrass Prairies

APPENDIX B Directory of Representative Tallgrass Prairies ILLINOIS Ayers Sand Prairie Nature Preserve: 115 acres, 3 miles SE of Savanna, 112 mile E of Highway 84. Fults Hill Prairie: 623 acres, 1 mile E of Fults on Mississippi River bluffs, N side of Bluff Road. Classic dry Illinois "goat prairie." Goose Lake Prairie Nature Preserve: 1,513 acres SE of Morris and N of Lorenzo Road. Interpretive center and trails. The largest prairie site remaining in Illinois. Contact Illinois Department of Conservation(IDOC)at (815)942-2899. IllinoisBeachStatePark: 829acreson Lake Michigan. From Zion, take Shericlan Road S for 1 mile to Wadsworth Road, E to Illinois State Park. Interpretive center and trails. Prairie is in southern part of the park. ContactIDOC (708)662-4828. Indian Boundary Prairie: 252 acres (four prairies) in Markham, E of Kedzie Ave., W of 1-294, and between 155th and 157th streets. Contact The Nature Conservancy(312)346-8166. IroquoisCountyConservationArea: 1,700acres, NE of Beavewille in S and E parts of conservationarea. Wet to dry prairie and marsh. Contact (815)435-2218. Nachusa Grasslands: 1,000 acres. From Rochelle, take Ill. Hwy 251 N to Flagg Road.TurnW on Flagg Road, go about 16milesW to Lowden Road. Turn S on Lowden Road and go past Stone Barn Road. Prairie will be on the right. Home to such rare grassland animals as badger and short-eared owls. Contact The Nature Conservancy(312)346-8166. 300 Appendix INDIANA BeaverLake Nature Preserve: 640 acres, 3 miles N of Enos on US 41, then E 1 mile and N 1 mile. Permission to enter must be obtained from Property Manager at LaSalle State Fish and WildlifeArea. Arefuge for many plants and wildlife species native to tallgrass prairies and wetlands. Contact LaSalle State Fish and WildlifeArea (219)992-3019. HoosierPrairie Nature Preserve: 439 acres. From US 41 go E on Main Street toward Griffith. Parking lot is on right just after Kennedy Ave. High plant diversity with black oak savannas, marshes, and sedge meadows. A milelong trail leads through the prairie. Contact Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Nature Preserves (317)232-4052. Spinn Prairie Nature Preserve: 29 acres. From US 421/IN 24 intersection in Reynolds,go N on US 421 for 2 miles. Turn right and go 0.2 mile to a "T". Turn right. Contact The Nature Conservancy(317)923-7547. IOWA Cayler Prairie: 160 acres. From Iowa Hwy 86 and Iowa Hwy 9 W of Spirit Lake, take Iowa 9 W for 3.5 miles. Turn S on gravel road for 2.5 miles. From dry to wet prairie to marsh, with as many as 40 speciesof butterflies. Typical glacial moraine prairie. Contact Department of Natural Resources (DNR)at (515)281-8524. Five Ridge Prairie: 789 acres.From Sioux City, take Iowa Hwy 12N to County Road K18. Turn NE onto CR K18 and go about 3 miles N to about 0.3 mile south of CR C43. Turn W on gravel road to preserve entrance. Dry prairie and woodlands on steep loess deposits left by postglacial winds. Contact County ConservationBoard (712)947-4270. Freda Haffner Kettlehole: 110acres. Go W on Iowa 86 from intersectionwith US 71N of Milford. GoW on gravel road where County Road 32 turns N. Preserve is 2 miles W of Iowa 86 on N side of road. Formed when a huge block of ice broke off from a glacier 14,000 years ago. When this melted, a deep kettlehole was left in the glacial gravels and other glacial drift. Contact The Nature Conservancy(515)244-5044. Hayden Prairie: 240 acres. From intersection of Iowa 9 and US 63 in Howard County, take Iowa 9 about 4 miles W, then N onto County Road V26. Go N for 4.5 miles. Named after Dr. Ada Hayden, pioneer Iowa prairie researcher ,this is the largest black-soil prairie still remaining in the state. B. Directory of TallgrassPrairies Contact Department of Natural Resources (515)281-8524. Kalsow Prairie: 160 acres. From Iowa 7 and County Road N65 in Manson, take CR N65 north for 4 miles. Turn W for 1 mile to prairie. Ranges from mesic to wet prairie to wetlands, this prairie is near the center of the ancient Manson Crater, formed by a meteor in preglacial times. Contact Department of Natural Resources (515)281-8524. Walnut Creek National Wildlife Refuge: New prairie restoration; will be 8,654 acres when...