Annual Report for 
Illinois Nature Preserves

Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL  62702-1271
(217)785-8686
Preserve Name:
	Preserve Number:
	County:
	Year:  2006	Person  Making Report (Print or Type):	Date:	
Custodian or Manager (name, title, address, work and/or home phone numbers):

Custodian Nane & Title

Agency

Address 2

Phone

Email address:	Owner (name, title, address work and/or home phone):

Owner Name & Title

Agency

Address

Phone

Email address:	

1.	VISITOR USE (Please provide the following information as available):
Attendance
(Provide as available)	Basis for Attendance Figures
(circle one or more)	Activities
(Check one or more)	
									
Spring:	Estimate

Actual Count

Periodic Count

Permit Book

Permits Issued

				Hiking			Wildlife Watching	
Summer:					Nature Studies			Youth Group Education	
Fall:					Guided Walks			Research	
Winter:					Other:				
						
2.	VOLUNTEERS (Please indicate if volunteers are helping in the preserve):

Organization	Number of Persons Involved	Number of Days Worked Per Year	Work Performed	

				

				
3.	UNAUTHORIZED OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES REPORTED IN THE PRESERVE:
Check if these activities have occurred in the reserve. Please note that some of these activities may be allowed in the reserve if so designated in the registration agreement. Please report those activities in part 1.	
									
		1. Camping		2. Poaching		3. ATV use		4. Horse use	
		5. Collecting		6. Motorized vehicles		7. Camp fires		8. Littering	
		9. Dumping		10. Bicycles		11. Undesignated trails		12.  Rock Climbing/rapelling	
		13. Vandalism to trails		14. Vandalism to fences		15. Vandalism to natural features		16. Vandalism to signs	
		17. Other (specify)							
Details (Give number from above, location, cause and other specifics)	

									

4.	CHANGES OCCURRING IN THE NATURE PRESERVE:		

Check those conditions that apply. Include map if appropriate.	
									
		1. Invasive herbaceous plants		2. Invasive woody plants		3. Animal populations (species composition and/or size)		4. Exotic animal population	
		5. Plant populations (species composition and or/size)		6. Tree mortality (specify species and number)		7. Wildfire		8. Wind damage	
		9. Ice damage		10. Flooding		11. Erosion		12. Siltation	
		13. Water level changes		14. Mine subsidence		15. Stream bank erosion		16. Other (specify)	
									
Details (Give number from above, dates, location, cause and other specifics):	

									
5.	CHANGES IN NEIGHBORING LAND USE:
Check the appropriate box(s) that apply.  Also indicate future potentials.	
									
		1. Purchased for park/reserve/preserve		2. Sold		3. Burned		4. Invasive species	
		5. Animal populations		6. Plant populations		7. Threatened or endangered species found		8. Timber harvested	
		9. Cleared		10. Drained/ditched		11. Put in CRP		12. Chemical or oil spill	
		13. Erosion		14. Siltation		15. Home(s) built		16. Other development	
		17. RV park		18. ATV Use		19. Equestrian use		20. Hunt club	
		21. Sewer construction		22. Road construction		23. Power line construction		24. Other (specify)	
									
Details (Give number from above, dates, location relative to the reserve, cause and other specifics):	

									
6.	LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES:
Check activities conducted during 2005:	
									
		1. Prescription Burn		2. Brush cutting/control		3. Exotic/invasive species control		4. Trail maintenance	
		5. Litter cleanup		6. Fence repair or construction		7. Sign placement or replacement 		8. Planting or reintroduction	
		9. Hydrologic restoration		10. Other (specify):					
		11. Hunting program (specify species)		12. Fishing program		13. Timber harvest		14. Facility development	
Details (Give number from above, dates, location relative to the reserve, cause and other specifics):	

7.	OTHER OBSERVATIONS, COMMENTS AND NEEDS (Check here 

 and include comments below or on the back of the sheet).

8.	SIGNATURE OF PERSON MAKING THE REPORT:_______________________________________
1.