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IMC018
CRYSTAL LAKE-MCHENRY RAILROAD PRAIRIE
- Location:
- Nunda Township (T44N,R8E) Sections 3,9,10,16
Size: 16 acres (only Section 3 portion on INAI)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Loamy, mesic and wet prairie (B,C)
- Rare Plants:
- none
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Protected in MCCD ownership
Management Problems:
- Railroad maintenance
- Brush encroachment
- Water table alteration
- Canary grass
- Industrial runoff from the east
- Pesticide drift from sod farm
- Trail development
