Introduction: A brief natural history of Illinois
How to use this book
I. North
Apple River Canyon State Park
Ayers Sand Prairie
Bluff Spring Fen
Gensburg-Markham Prairie Nature Preserve
Glacial Park Conservation Area
Goose Lake Prairie State Park
Green River State Wildlife Area
Harlem Hills Nature Preserve
Illinois Beach State Park
Matthiessen State Park
Mississippi Palisades State Park
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Moraine Hills State Park
Nachusa Grasslands
Rollins Savanna Forest Preserve
Spring Lake Wildlife Conservation Area
Starved Rock State Park
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Volo Bog State Natural Area
II. Central
Emiquon Preserve
Forest Park Nature Preserve
Funks Grove
Kankakee Sands
Ballard Nature Center
Along the Vermilion and Wabash Rivers
Lodge County Park
Pere Marquette State Park & the Lower Illinois River Valley
Loda cemetery prairie nature preserve
Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
Prairie Ridge State Natural Area & Illinois Audubon Sanctuaries
Robert Allerton Park
Mason County Sand Areas
III. South
Bell Smith Springs Recreational Area
Cache River Ecosystem
Cedar Lake
Devil's Kitchen Lake-Rocky Bluff Trail
Ferne Clyffe State Park
Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve
Garden of the Gods Recreation Area
Giant City State Park-Trillium Trail
Horseshoe Lake Conservation Area
La Rue Swamp/Pine Hills Research Natural Area
Little Grand Canyon
Mermet Lake Conservation Area
Piney Creek Ravine Nature Preserve
Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow
Simpson Township Barrens Natural Area
Trail of Tears State Forest
War Bluff Valley Audubon Sanctuary
Epilogue: Your own backyard
Appendix A: Directions to sites
Appendix B: Natural divisions of Illinois.