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Charlotte & Dan Brady Nature Preserve

The Land Conservation Foundation has great news to announce! On January 26, the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission gave final approval for the dedication of our Brady Woods property in western…

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February 16, 2021
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    Celebration on the Sangamon

    June 28, 2018 / No Comments

    Photo memories from the June 9 Celebration on the Sangamon [slider id=”celebration-post”]

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  • Lincoln Memorial Parkway Landscaping Project

    June 28, 2018 / No Comments

    A public celebration of the plantings and partnerships with the Macon County Highway Department and many volunteer citizens and organizations. Read more…..  

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  • Lincoln in Illinois: The River Man

    June 28, 2018 / No Comments

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  • Pistolgrip, Monkeyface, Wabash Pigtoe, Plain Pocketbook: Freshwater Mussels of the Sangamon River

    June 28, 2018 / No Comments

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  • Annual Sangamon River Cleanup and Picnic

    June 28, 2018 / No Comments

    Join us for our Annual Cleanup on the Sangamon River. Meet up at Riverbend Forest Preserve We’ll be cleaning up an area from the Sangamon Greenway to Riverbend Forest Preserve We’ll meetup first and shuttle our group or groups upriver to their cleanup section. Transportation will be provided on an as-available basis and there will be a picnic lunch afterward with food provided by the USRC for all volunteers. Cleanup portion should end between 1 and 2pm. Arrive at Riverbend Forest Preserve by 8:45. Please sign up here!

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Sangamon River Watershed

The Sangamon River has its headwaters in McLean County, near Ellsworth, and flows roughly 238 miles until it reaches the Illinois River at Beardstown. The upper portion of the Sangamon River, upstream of Mosquito Creek is roughly 131 miles long and has a drainage area of 1,150 square miles. The lower Sangamon River, is roughly 107 miles long and includes the confluence of the two primary tributaries to the Sangamon River, Salt Creek and the South Fork.

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