https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/ When you join the IAS, you're preserving wildlife sanctuaries statewide. Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/#comment-3510 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:02:02 +0000 https://illinoisaudubon.org/?p=5209#comment-3510 Wonderful news..

]]> https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/#comment-3507 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:41:29 +0000 https://illinoisaudubon.org/?p=5209#comment-3507 Hopefully will get a kayak soon and hope to noodle around there looking at wildlife.

]]> https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/#comment-3456 Wed, 07 Nov 2018 19:34:03 +0000 https://illinoisaudubon.org/?p=5209#comment-3456 Ducks Unlimited is a habitat conservation organization that focuses on wetlands that support waterfowl and other wetland dependent wildlife. Although many of their members do hunt, they protect strategically located refuge sites as well as wetland sites open to waterfowl hunting. Chillicothe Bottoms is an example of the former — a refuge site that will not be hunted. Given DU’s and IAS’s mutual interests in protecting habitats and the wildlife that depend on them, our partnership is a natural.

]]> https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/#comment-3453 Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:19:42 +0000 https://illinoisaudubon.org/?p=5209#comment-3453 No longer hunt but did buy a duck stamp (AKA Migratory Waterfowl stamp).
Imagine how many butterflies inhabit waterfowl preserves….

]]> https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/#comment-3452 Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:56:58 +0000 https://illinoisaudubon.org/?p=5209#comment-3452 Very good news for environmental protection, but a few questions. My understanding is that Ducks Unlimited is primarily about preserving wetlands to support duck-hunting. Will duck-hunting be allowed at Chillicothe Bottoms? And if not, why did Ducks Unlimited grant the land to IAS? Thanks

]]> https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/#comment-3451 Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:20:51 +0000 https://illinoisaudubon.org/?p=5209#comment-3451 What a great conservation partnership and achievement! Hats off to IAS for adding this outstanding conservation area to your growing list of sanctuaries.

]]> https://illinoisaudubon.org/blog/2018/11/05/chillicothebottoms/#comment-3449 Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:09:15 +0000 https://illinoisaudubon.org/?p=5209#comment-3449 That is great news. So glad Illinois Audubon is so proactive in protecting wildlife habitat

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