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Silver Creek Parcel Analysis

This report was completed for the Parks and Open Space Plan Action Team as a follow-up component of the I-55 Corridor Plan. The I-55 Corridor Plan (2006) charts a course for development in the center of Madison County, Illinois. 
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IL-255 Corridor Resource Analysis

The IL-255 Corridor and its three-mile wide study area in Madison County, Illinois contains many valuable natural and cultural resources. This corridor is a mix of upland resources with forested steep slopes and bottomland areas with floodplains, wetlands and levees. 
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Taking Back Our Natural Areas - A Guide for
Southwestern Illinois Landowners:
Identifying and Controlling Invasive Plants

It is important for you as a landowner to understand the importance of controlling exotic plant species on your property. You can help! Resource managers in federal and state agencies are working to control.. Read More....
Streambank Guide

American Bottom Ecosystem Partnership
Issues & Opportunities Report
Conservation Subdivision Design Handbook
This landowner’s guide for streambank protection and preservation has been produced by the Southwestern Illinois RC&D, Inc. with funding provided by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources C2000 Ecosystem
Partnership Program.

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East St. Louis "Biosolid" Lead Remediation Project

Livestock Winter Feeding Stations
Southwestern Illinois Resource Plan
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Thinking Outside the Pipe: Better Stormwater
Management Solutions for Southwestern Illinois


The ecological and economic benefits of Low Impact Development (LID) Best Management Practices (BMPs) are described in this report with a case study from the new Rock Hill Trails conservation subdivision under construction in Wood River, IL.
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Highland and its surrounding 1.5 mile development regulation authority is analyzed to determine the assets and issues of all natural, agricultural and cultural resources.  Land use recommendations are provided to protect sensitive resources and expand recreational opportunities.
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City of Highland, Illinois Resource Plan


Carlyle Lake Trail Plan
Mounds Trail Master Plan
The purpose of this study is to investigate and determine the most suitable and appropriate route to
circumnavigate Carlyle Lake by bicycle. Where feasible, this route will be taken off-road as much as
possible, to facilitate increased safety and ridership.
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The Mounds Heritage Trail Master Plan analyzed various routes to connect Cahokia Mounds to the historic Mound Sites in Old North St. Louis and to Sugar Loaf Mound in South St. Louis, MO.
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