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Land and Water Reserve Area
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County
Ogle
Location
The reserve is located along the western boundary of White Pines State Park, approximately eight miles west of the City of Oregon on White Pines Road. It is within Section 8 of Pine Creek Township in Ogle County.
Description
Edward F. Vassallo Land and Water Reserve consists of primarily old fields with tree plantings and managed grasslands that provide an important buffer to help protect high-quality natural features found within the adjacent White Pines State Park, White Pines Nature Preserve, and White Pines Illinois Natural Areas Inventory (INAI #0087). The forest and grassland habitats were established through the Forest Development Act and the Conservation Reserve Program, respectively. The managed grasslands are large enough to attract area sensitive grassland dependent bird species which are in serious decline throughout much of Illinois. The Spring Creek meanders through the west part of the reserve with associated small wetland features found along its narrow floodplain.
Ownership
The Nature Conservancy
Natural Division
Freeport Section of the Rock River Hill Country Natural Division (#2a)
Registered
September 2014
Size
130 acres
Access
The site is not open to the public.
Topographic Quad
Grand Detour
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov