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IKA084
BIG ROCK HEADWATERS
- Location:
- Kaneville Township. T39N R6E, Sec 16
Size: 50 acres (est.)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Mesic and wet-mesic woodlands (C, D)
- Seep/Fen (grade unknown)
- Rare Plants:
- none
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
- Area is part of Big Rock Creek headwaters
- Much of this reach is unchannelized and has meanders
- Great Blue Herons and Egrets feed in creek (Ullberg obsrv)
- Entire corridor in need of field evaluation
- Area is a greenway corridor to Lone Grove F.P.
Protection Status:
Management Problems:
- Reed canary grass invasion, and creeksides becoming overgrown with brush (1996).
