Places We Protect

GPF helps maintain about a dozen prairie preserves and prairie reconstructions in East-Central Illinois. Most of these sites have one or two volunteer stewards who are responsible for managing these areas. Management includes leading volunteer workdays, leading prescribed burns, and controlling invasive species.

Bonnie's Prairie Nature Preserve
Buffalo Trace Prairie Reconstruction
Fairchild Cemetery Savanna Nature Preserve
Loda Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve
Middle Fork Wetland Restoration
Paxton Railroad Prairie
Pellville Cemetery Prairie
Prairie Propagation Garden
Prospect Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve
Shortline Railroad Prairie
Tomlinson Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve
Welles Cemetery Prairie
Windfall Prairie Nature Preserve
Windsor Road Prairie Reconstruction

Please note: Many of these areas are dedicated Illinois State Nature Preserves, so they are limited to walking, birding, and photography. However, camping, picnicing, littering, pets, and vehicles are not allowed inside any preserve. All plants, animals, birds, and insects are protected in these preserves, so do not disturb or remove any natural objects including rocks, plants, seeds, or insects.

Much of the site information has been borrowed from "A Directory of Illinois Nature Preserves, Volume 2" which is published by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission. Many of the photographs and plant lists have been borrowed from Ken Robertson's The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois.

updated: December 19, 2007
www: www.prairienet.org/gpf
email: gpf@prairienet.org