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ILLINOIS IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS
 

The following list may not include all potential, nominated, pending, identified, or recognized IBAs within the state as some IBA information may be unavailable for public viewing.

  
# Name Status Priority Counties
1. American Golden-Plover Stopover-Arcola Identified State Coles, Douglas
2. Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Recognized State Fulton, Schuyler
3. Baker's Lake Nature Preserve Recognized State Cook
4. Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area Recognized State Peoria
5. Bartel Grassland Recognized State Cook
6. Cache River SNA Recognized Global Johnson, Pulaski
7. Castle Rock State Park and Lowden-Miller SF Recognized Global Ogle
8. Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge Recognized State Mason
9. Chicago Lakefront Recognized State Cook
10. Clinton Lake State Recreation Area Recognized State De Witt
11. Crab Orchard NWR Recognized State Williamson
12. Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge Recognized Global Johnson, Pulaski
13. Goose Lake Prairie State Park Recognized Global Grundy
14. Great River NWR - Long Island Division Recognized State Calhoun, Adams, Mercer, Pike, Rock Island
15. Hennepin and Hopper Lake Recognized State Putnam
16. Horseshoe Lake SFWA (Alexander County) Identified State Alexander
17. Iroquois County State Conservation Area Recognized Global Iroquois
18. Kane/McHenry County Swainson's Hawk Habitat Recognized State Kane, McHenry
19. Lake Calumet Area Recognized State Cook
20. Lake Renwick Heron Rookery Recognized State Will
21. Lake-McHenry Wetlands Complex Recognized State Lake, McHenry
22. Lost Mound Unit, Savanna District of the Upper Mississippi River NWR Recognized State Carroll, Jo Daviess
23. McGinnis Slough Recognized State Cook
24. Meredosia Lake Recognized State Cass, Morgan
25. Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Recognized Global Will
26. Mississippi Palisades State Park Recognized Global Carroll
27. Naval Station Great Lakes Recognized State Lake
28. Oakwood Bottoms, Shawnee National Forest Recognized State Jackson
29. Paul Douglas Forest Preserve Recognized State Cook
30. Pekin Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Recognized State Tazewell
31. Pembroke Township Recognized State Kankakee
32. Pomona Nongame Bird Management Area Recognized Global Jackson
33. Prairie Ridge State Natural Area - Jasper and Marion Units Recognized Global Marion, Jasper
34. Pratt's Wayne/Phillip State Park Grassland Complex Recognized Global Du Page
35. Pyramid State Park Recognized Global Perry
36. Rice Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area Recognized State Fulton
37. Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area Recognized State Mason, Cass, Schuyler
38. Springbrook Prairie Recognized State Du Page
39. Two Rivers NWR (Calhoun Division) / Mississippi River SFWA Recognized State Calhoun, Jersey
40. Upper Des Plaines River Corridor Recognized State Lake
41. Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge Identified State Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Whiteside
 

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