Lower Rock River area assessment

Submitter: Steven Mccauley

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Description

Title

Lower Rock River area assessment

Issue Date

1998

Keyword(s)

• Natural resources surveys --Illinois --Green River Watershed
• Natural areas --Illinois --Rock River
• Natural resources surveys --Rock River Watershed (Wis. and Ill.)
• Natural resources conservation areas --Illinois --Green River Watershed
• Natural resources conservation areas --Rock River Watershed (Wis. and Ill.)
• Green River Watershed (Ill.)
• Rock River Watershed (Wis. and Ill.)
• Natural resources surveys --Illinois
• Natural resources conservation areas --Illinois

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

"The Lower Rock River Area Assessment continues the assessment ofthe Rock River basin that was begun with the Rock River Area Assessment in 1996. The area encompasses approximately 2,500 square miles in northwestern Illinois; including parts of Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Lee, Ogle, Rock Island, and Whiteside counties plus very small parts ofDe Kalb and Mercer counties. The area encompasses 29 subbasins along the Rock and Green Rivers, of which two have been designated a ""Resource Rich Area"" because they contain significant natural community diversity. The Lower Rock River Ecosystem Partnership was subsequently formed around this core area of high quality ecological resources. This assessment is comprised offive volumes. In Volume 1, Geology discusses the geology, soils, and minerals in the assessment area. Volume 2, Water Resources, discusses the surface and groundwater resources and Volume 3, Living Resources, describes the natural vegetation communities and the fauna ofthe region. Volume 4 contains three parts: Part I, Socio-Economic Profile, discusses the demographics, infrastructure, and economy ofthe area, focusing on the five counties with the greatest amount ofland in the area -Bureau, Henry, Lee, Rock Island and Whiteside; Part II, Environmental Quality, discusses air and water quality, and hazardous and toxic waste generation and management in the area; and Part III, Archaeological Resources, identifies and assesses the archaeological sites, ranging from the Paleoindian Prehistoric (B.C. 10,000) to the Historic (AD. 1650), known in the assessment watershed. Volume 5, EarlyAccounts ofthe Ecology ofthe Lower RockRiverArea, describes the ecology ofthe area as recorded by historical writings of explorers, pioneers, early visitors and early historians."

Publisher

Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources

Series/Report Name or Number

Critical Trends Assessment Program

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright and License Information

These documents are a product of the Illinois state scientific surveys and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and has been selected and made available by the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They are intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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