Agencies
Services
Land and Water Reserve Area
2
County
Lake
Location
The site is within the Heron Creek Forest Preserve owned and managed by the Lake County Forest Preserve District near Long Grove.
Description
Killdeer Creek and Woodland Land and Water Reserve is a mosaic of Grade C dry-mesic upland forest, Grade C mesic floodplain forest, Grade D dry-mesic forest, Grade D sedge meadow, an “old field” community dominated by shrubs, and restored prairie arrayed along elevational and soil gradients associated with Killdeer Creek. The most significant feature is the 16 acres of mature dry-mesic upland forest that borders the Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve. This area is a relic of a woodland that once extended along Indian Creek and Killdeer Creek prior to European-American settlement.
Ownership
Lake County Forest Preserve District
Natural Division
Morainal Section of the Northeastern Morainal Natural Division (#3a)
Registered
July 2009
Size
64 acres
Access
The site is open to the public. Access is available through an entrance drive into the Heron Creek Forest Preserve off Old McHenry Road and a trail network extending to the south. Access is also provided by a passive trail system extending from Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve.
Topographic Quad
Lake Zurich
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov