LOWER FOX RIVER (LaSalle Co.)

Location:

Size: 25 Miles

Natural Resources

Communities:

Grade B stream from Oswgeo, Kendall County to the Dayton Dam, LaSalle County.

Rare Plants:

none

Rare Animals:

Moxostoma carinatum/River Redhorse (T)

Moxostoma valenciennesi/Greater Redhorse (E)

none

• Illinois Natural Area
• The Fox River is considered a navigable stream and is subject to Illinois Water Law.
• Improvements in habitat and water quality are the focus of C-2000's Fox River Ecosystem Partnership

• Many pipeline crossings occurred in 1998, with open trenching techniques that threatens water quality
• Dams obstruct fish movement
• Flood of 6/96 created new gravel bars and destroyed the Dayton Dam; the dam was repaired in 1997