List of Illinois state forests

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ONE OF THE BEST PLACE FOR VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE PLANT LIFE, AT SAND RIDGE, PLACE FOR VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE PLANT LIFE, AT SAND RIDGE, ILLINOIS' LARGEST FOREST NEAR PLANT LIFE, AT SAND RIDGE, ILLINOIS' LARGEST FOREST NEAR FOREST CITY. ILLINOIS' LARGEST FOREST NEAR FOREST CITY. THE SAND WAS DEPOSITED HERE FOREST CITY. THE SAND WAS DEPOSITED HERE APPROXIMATELY 15,000 YEARS AGO. THE SAND WAS DEPOSITED HERE APPROXIMATELY 15,000 YEARS AGO. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE HERE IN THIS APPROXIMATELY 15,000 YEARS AGO. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE HERE IN THIS SAND HAS WATER UNDERNEATH IT. THIS IS VERY UNIQUE HERE IN THIS SAND HAS WATER UNDERNEATH IT. THE SURROUNDING AREA HAS SAND HAS WATER UNDERNEATH IT. THE SURROUNDING AREA HAS POTPOURRI. THE SURROUNDING AREA HAS POTPOURRI. IT MAKES FOR PLANTS YOU WOULD POTPOURRI. IT MAKES FOR PLANTS YOU WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH A MARSH AREA AND IT MAKES FOR PLANTS YOU WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH A MARSH AREA AND DESERT AREA, AND THEN THE NATIVE ASSOCIATE WITH A MARSH AREA AND DESERT AREA, AND THEN THE NATIVE SPECIES TO ILLINOIS ARE ALL IN DESERT AREA, AND THEN THE NATIVE SPECIES TO ILLINOIS ARE ALL IN THIS AREA. SPECIES TO ILLINOIS ARE ALL IN THIS AREA. IT IS VERY PROLIFIC THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. IT IS VERY PROLIFIC THROUGHOUT THE FOREST. IT IS VERY PROLIFIC THROUGHOUT THE FOREST. IT BLOOM INS JUNE. THE FOREST. IT BLOOM INS JUNE. USUALLY IT IS A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW IT BLOOM INS JUNE. USUALLY IT IS A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW FLOWER. USUALLY IT IS A BEAUTIFUL YELLOW FLOWER. IT IS FOUND ALL OVER OUT WEST IT FLOWER. IT IS FOUND ALL OVER OUT WEST IT IS ALL OVER THE SAND REGIONS OF IT IS FOUND ALL OVER OUT WEST IT IS ALL OVER THE SAND REGIONS OF ILLINOIS, THROUGH HERE AND THE IS ALL OVER THE SAND REGIONS OF ILLINOIS, THROUGH HERE AND THE AREA I JUST DESCRIBED. ILLINOIS, THROUGH HERE AND THE AREA I JUST DESCRIBED. PORCUPINE GRASS IS ALSO FOUND AREA I JUST DESCRIBED. PORCUPINE GRASS IS ALSO FOUND HERE IN VARIOUS PLACES. PORCUPINE GRASS IS ALSO FOUND HERE IN VARIOUS PLACES. IT GROWS ON VERY POOR SOIL. HERE IN VARIOUS PLACES. IT GROWS ON VERY POOR SOIL. WE ALSO HAVE THE PLANTS YOU IT GROWS ON VERY POOR SOIL. WE ALSO HAVE THE PLANTS YOU WOULD AIS SOCIETY LIKE LITTLE WE ALSO HAVE THE PLANTS YOU WOULD AIS SOCIETY LIKE LITTLE BLUE STEM, BIG BLUE STEM, SWITCH WOULD AIS SOCIETY LIKE LITTLE BLUE STEM, BIG BLUE STEM, SWITCH GRASS, ALSO HERE. BLUE STEM, BIG BLUE STEM, SWITCH GRASS, ALSO HERE. BACK IN THE 30'S WHEN THE GRASS, ALSO HERE. BACK IN THE 30'S WHEN THE DEPRESSION HIT, PEOPLE WERE OUT BACK IN THE 30'S WHEN THE DEPRESSION HIT, PEOPLE WERE OUT OF WORK THROUGH THE CONSERVATION DEPRESSION HIT, PEOPLE WERE OUT OF WORK THROUGH THE CONSERVATION CORPS, THEY HAD CAMPS TO REPLANT OF WORK THROUGH THE CONSERVATION CORPS, THEY HAD CAMPS TO REPLANT TREES OUT HERE SHOWING THAT THIS CORPS, THEY HAD CAMPS TO REPLANT TREES OUT HERE SHOWING THAT THIS AREA COULD BE -- HAVE A VIABLE TREES OUT HERE SHOWING THAT THIS AREA COULD BE -- HAVE A VIABLE CROP IN SAND. AREA COULD BE -- HAVE A VIABLE CROP IN SAND. THEY PLANTED GOOD PORTION OF THE CROP IN SAND. THEY PLANTED GOOD PORTION OF THE TREES HERE ALONG WITH VOLUNTEERS THEY PLANTED GOOD PORTION OF THE TREES HERE ALONG WITH VOLUNTEERS AND THIS PLACE USED -- WHEREVER TREES HERE ALONG WITH VOLUNTEERS AND THIS PLACE USED -- WHEREVER YOU SEE THE PINES USED TO BE AN AND THIS PLACE USED -- WHEREVER YOU SEE THE PINES USED TO BE AN OPEN BLOW SAND AREA. YOU SEE THE PINES USED TO BE AN OPEN BLOW SAND AREA. THAT WAS THE FIRST PLANTATION OPEN BLOW SAND AREA. THAT WAS THE FIRST PLANTATION THEY CAME IN AND PLANTED TO SEE THAT WAS THE FIRST PLANTATION THEY CAME IN AND PLANTED TO SEE WHICH PINE TREES WOULD DO THE THEY CAME IN AND PLANTED TO SEE WHICH PINE TREES WOULD DO THE BEST. WHICH PINE TREES WOULD DO THE BEST. THEN FROM THAT KNOWLEDGE, THEY BEST. THEN FROM THAT KNOWLEDGE, THEY TOOK THOSE TREES AND PLANTED THEN FROM THAT KNOWLEDGE, THEY TOOK THOSE TREES AND PLANTED THEM OUT IN THE FOREST. TOOK THOSE TREES AND PLANTED THEM OUT IN THE FOREST. 60 YEARS LATER, YOU GOT THE THEM OUT IN THE FOREST. 60 YEARS LATER, YOU GOT THE RESULT OF ALL THAT THAT WAS 60 YEARS LATER, YOU GOT THE RESULT OF ALL THAT THAT WAS REPLANTED HERE. RESULT OF ALL THAT THAT WAS REPLANTED HERE. PINE TREES WEREN'T THE ONLY REPLANTED HERE. PINE TREES WEREN'T THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REPLANTED HERE. PINE TREES WEREN'T THE ONLY THING THAT WAS REPLANTED HERE. YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS THING THAT WAS REPLANTED HERE. YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS AUTUMN OLIVE, BLACK LOCUST. YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS SUCH AS AUTUMN OLIVE, BLACK LOCUST. THERE CERTAINLY WERE OTHER OAK AUTUMN OLIVE, BLACK LOCUST. THERE CERTAINLY WERE OTHER OAK TREES, YOU WALNUT TREES THAT THERE CERTAINLY WERE OTHER OAK TREES, YOU WALNUT TREES THAT WERE PLANTED HERE. TREES, YOU WALNUT TREES THAT WERE PLANTED HERE. IT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY WERE PLANTED HERE. IT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 7200 ACRES OF OF WHICH IT CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 7200 ACRES OF OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 3500 ACRES IS 7200 ACRES OF OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 3500 ACRES IS NATIVE OAK HICKORY FOREST. APPROXIMATELY 3500 ACRES IS NATIVE OAK HICKORY FOREST. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2500 A NATIVE OAK HICKORY FOREST. THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2500 A ACRES OF PINE PLANTATIONS THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2500 A ACRES OF PINE PLANTATIONS PLANTED, AND THEN THE REST WOULD ACRES OF PINE PLANTATIONS PLANTED, AND THEN THE REST WOULD BE OPEN FIELDS, PRAIRIES OR PLANTED, AND THEN THE REST WOULD BE OPEN FIELDS, PRAIRIES OR FIELD. BE OPEN FIELDS, PRAIRIES OR FIELD. WITH WE HAVE THREE CAMPING FIELD. WITH WE HAVE THREE CAMPING AREAS. WITH WE HAVE THREE CAMPING AREAS. THE PINE CAMP IS FOR THE FAMILY AREAS. THE PINE CAMP IS FOR THE FAMILY ORIENTED SETTING. THE PINE CAMP IS FOR THE FAMILY ORIENTED SETTING. UNDERNEATH THE PINE PLANTATIONS, ORIENTED SETTING. UNDERNEATH THE PINE PLANTATIONS, THE ORIGINAL PINE PLANTATION. UNDERNEATH THE PINE PLANTATIONS, THE ORIGINAL PINE PLANTATION. WE HAVE A GROUP AREA CALLED THE THE ORIGINAL PINE PLANTATION. WE HAVE A GROUP AREA CALLED THE OAK CAMP GROUND FOR GROUPS TEN WE HAVE A GROUP AREA CALLED THE OAK CAMP GROUND FOR GROUPS TEN OR LARGER, TEN PEOPLE OR LARGER. OAK CAMP GROUND FOR GROUPS TEN OR LARGER, TEN PEOPLE OR LARGER. WE ALSO HAVE EQUESTRIAN CAMP OR LARGER, TEN PEOPLE OR LARGER. WE ALSO HAVE EQUESTRIAN CAMP GROUND THAT ALSO SERVES AS A WE ALSO HAVE EQUESTRIAN CAMP GROUND THAT ALSO SERVES AS A TRAIL HEAD FOR THE EQUESTRIAN GROUND THAT ALSO SERVES AS A TRAIL HEAD FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY. TRAIL HEAD FOR THE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY. THEN WE DO HAVE 12 BACK COUNTRY COMMUNITY. THEN WE DO HAVE 12 BACK COUNTRY CAMP SITES THAT YOU CAN HIKE ON THEN WE DO HAVE 12 BACK COUNTRY CAMP SITES THAT YOU CAN HIKE ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND CAMP IN A CAMP SITES THAT YOU CAN HIKE ON OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND CAMP IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE FOREST. OUR TRAIL SYSTEM AND CAMP IN A REMOTE AREA OF THE FOREST. WE HAVE LITTLE OVER 55 MILES OF REMOTE AREA OF THE FOREST. WE HAVE LITTLE OVER 55 MILES OF TRAILS IN THE FOREST THAT COVERS WE HAVE LITTLE OVER 55 MILES OF TRAILS IN THE FOREST THAT COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERY CORNER OF THE TRAILS IN THE FOREST THAT COVERS JUST ABOUT EVERY CORNER OF THE FOREST. JUST ABOUT EVERY CORNER OF THE FOREST. WE HAVE ALSO ARCHERY RANGE AND FOREST. WE HAVE ALSO ARCHERY RANGE AND TRAP RANGE. WE HAVE ALSO ARCHERY RANGE AND TRAP RANGE. WE ARE KIND OF A WELL KEPT TRAP RANGE. WE ARE KIND OF A WELL KEPT SECRET HERE. WE ARE KIND OF A WELL KEPT SECRET HERE. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN FULL TO MY SECRET HERE. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN FULL TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE CAMP GROUNDS IN WE HAVE NEVER BEEN FULL TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN THE CAMP GROUNDS IN THE 18 YEARS THAT I HAVE WORKED KNOWLEDGE IN THE CAMP GROUNDS IN THE 18 YEARS THAT I HAVE WORKED HERE. THE 18 YEARS THAT I HAVE WORKED HERE. WE HAD TWO TORNADOES PASS HERE. WE HAD TWO TORNADOES PASS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN PORTION OF WE HAD TWO TORNADOES PASS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FOREST, ONE MAY 10, AND THEN THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FOREST, ONE MAY 10, AND THEN AGAIN ONE MAY 30. THE FOREST, ONE MAY 10, AND THEN AGAIN ONE MAY 30. THEY WERE VERY, VERY AGAIN ONE MAY 30. THEY WERE VERY, VERY DESTRUCTIVE. THEY STRUCK THEIR THEY WERE VERY, VERY DESTRUCTIVE. THEY STRUCK THEIR TAIL DOWN IN THE FOREST AND DESTRUCTIVE. THEY STRUCK THEIR TAIL DOWN IN THE FOREST AND DIDN'T LIFT UP UNTIL IT GOT TO TAIL DOWN IN THE FOREST AND DIDN'T LIFT UP UNTIL IT GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE. DIDN'T LIFT UP UNTIL IT GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE. THE PATH OF THE FIRST ONE WAS THE OTHER SIDE. THE PATH OF THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS WIDE, AND THE THE PATH OF THE FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS WIDE, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ROUGHLY 250 YARDS ABOUT 300 YARDS WIDE, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ROUGHLY 250 YARDS WIDE. OTHER ONE WAS ROUGHLY 250 YARDS WIDE. THEY CRISSCROSSED IN THE WIDE. THEY CRISSCROSSED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE THEY CRISSCROSSED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE FOREST. GIVEN THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS FOREST AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE PLANTS AND THE FORESTRY PRODUCTS FOREST AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE PLANTS AND THE FORESTRY PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED HERE, THIS PLANTS AND THE FORESTRY PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED HERE, THIS IS VERY CRUCIAL IN MAINTAINING THAT CAN BE PRODUCED HERE, THIS IS VERY CRUCIAL IN MAINTAINING THIS AREA. IS VERY CRUCIAL IN MAINTAINING THIS AREA. IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA, THIS AREA. IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA, ALL YOU SEE IS AGRICULTURAL IF YOU GO OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA, ALL YOU SEE IS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FIELD WHICH WHICH IS ALL YOU SEE IS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FIELD WHICH WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. PRODUCTION FIELD WHICH WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. SAND RIDGE STATE FOREST NOT ONLY VERY UNIQUE TO THIS AREA. SAND RIDGE STATE FOREST NOT ONLY OFFERS CAMPING AND PICNIC AREAS, SAND RIDGE STATE FOREST NOT ONLY OFFERS CAMPING AND PICNIC AREAS, BUT FOR THE HIKERS, THERE ARE OFFERS CAMPING AND PICNIC AREAS, BUT FOR THE HIKERS, THERE ARE 44 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS ALONG BUT FOR THE HIKERS, THERE ARE 44 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS ALONG WOULD ANOTHER 120 MILES OF FIRE 44 MILES OF HIKING TRAILS ALONG WOULD ANOTHER 120 MILES OF FIRE LANES. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SAND RIDGE STATE FOREST CALL (309)597-2212.