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Our Watershed
Watershed Plan
Maps
Complete
Plan |
La Moine River Watershed
Facts
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The La Moine
River Watershed is almost 2000 square miles. (See Map) There
are 14,873 urban acres, 54,490 acres of wetland and 294,496
acres of forest.
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It is the 6th
largest tributary to the Illinois River.
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The river
provides approximately 4.25 million gallons of water per day for
public and industrial use.
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The watershed
is primarily rural with a population of approximately 68,000.
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The river
provides habitat for 60 species of fish, 17 species of native
mussels, and 12 species of large crustaceans. Numerous other
aquatic and terrestrial animals also inhabit the river, its
wetlands and riparian areas.
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The watershed
contains 11,285 acres of high quality natural areas or Illinois
Natural Areas Inventory sites.
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Numerous
threatened and endangered species have been reported within the
watershed area, including:
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Birds: Red-shouldered hawk and
King rail
Mammals:
Gray bat and Indiana bat
Reptiles: Timber
rattlesnake
Eleven plant
species, including: decurrent false aster, blazing star and buffalo
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For
more info, click below to view these surveys:
Watershed Opinion Survey
Environmental Educator
Survey
These files are in Adobe Acrobat
format and require the Adobe Reader Available
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La Moine River Ecosystem Partnership
c/o Two Rivers RC&D
1256 C West
Washington, P. O. Box 87
Pittsfield, Illinois 62363 |
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