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Places We Protect

The Nature Conservancy and its partners have protected a diverse range of sites in Illinois.

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The Nature Conservancy and its partners have protected more than 100 sites throughout Illinois. Profiled here are our current projects that represent the organization's work to preserve Illinois' diverse habitats: prairies, savannas, forests, wetlands and rivers.

Places We Protect

Nachusa Grasslands
Kankakee Sands
Spunky Bottoms
The Grassy Slough Preserve in the Cache River Wetlands
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Emiquon
Indian Boundary Prairies

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The Franklin Demonstration Farm

Chicago Wilderness Climate Action Plan

Our Legacy Preserves

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Coast live oak trees punctuate the prairie grasslands at Chimineas Ranch, a protected wildlife corridor linking the Carrizo Plain National Monument with Los Padres National Forest, located within San Luis Obispo County, California. © Mark Dolyak

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