Natural resources surveys --Mississippi River Watershed
Natural resources surveys --Illinois --Kaskaskia River Watershed
Natural resources conservation areas --Mississippi River Watershed
Natural resources conservation areas --Illinois --Kaskaskia River Watershed
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
"The Sinkhole Plain Area Assessment covers an area of about 1,228 miles2 (785,822 acres) in southwestern Illinois bordering the Mississippi River. It includes all of Monroe, much of St. Clair, and portions of Randolph and Madison counties. The area encompasses 17 sub basins along the Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers, of which six have been designated as a ""Resource Rich Area"" because they contain significant natural community diversity. The Sinkhole Plain Ecosystem Partnership was subsequently formed around this core area of high quality ecological resources. This assessment is comprised of five 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 of the region. Volume 4 contains three parts: Part I, Socio-Economic Profile, discusses the demographics, infrastructure, and economy of the area, focusing on the three counties with the greatest amount of land in the area -Monroe, Randolph and St. Clair; Part IT, 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 known in the area. Volume 5, Early Accounts of the Ecology of the Sinkhole Plain, describes the ecology of the 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
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14264
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.
Detailed assessments of 32 major watersheds in Illinois, conducted through the Critical Trends Assessment Program administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Includes contributions from each of the State Scientific Surveys which are now part of the Prairie Research Institute.
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