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| Will County Buys 375 Acres of Conservation Lands | |
| Jun 21, 2000 | |
| Chicago Wilderness Magazine | |
| Pertains to Hickory Creek Greenway, New Lenox, Joliet | |
| Acting on the $70 million bond referendum that passed last April, the Forest Preserve District of Will County purchased 18 parcels of land in 1999. These acquisitions encompass over 375 acres of conservation lands. The district also has contracts to purchase nine additional parcels totaling 369 acres. Contracts are in negotiation for 56 more parcels that will add another 1,900 acres to district holdings. To protect Will County’s rivers and streams, the District is targeting watersheds as its primary acquisition goal. In January, the District acquired Potawatomi Woods, a site that lies within the Hickory Creek watershed and was one of the largest unprotected Illinois Natural Areas Inventory Sites remaining in the county. It is also part of the Hickory Creek Greenway identified by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. Located in the rapidly developing New Lenox area, the 114.42-acre Potawatomi parcel sits adjacent to, and thus will help to buffer, Higginbotham Woods, managed by the Joliet Park District. The parcel includes wetlands and floodplain, and is revered by Native Americans because of archaeological evidence of a prehistoric Native American settlement and burial ground. |
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