Hitts Siding Prairie Nature Preserve

Will County

Location and Access:

West of Wilmington

Description:

Mesic prairie, wet-mesic prairie, wet prairie, mesic sand prairie and marsh of the Kankakee Sand Area Section of the Grand Prairie Natural Division. Four endangered or threatened species occur in the preserve.

Owner: Illinois Department of Natural Resources, 1 Natural Resources Way, Springfield 62701 (217-785-8774)

Dedicated: December 1998

Size: 261.3 acres nature preserve

Topo Map: Wilmington 7.5

1/09 - R. Heidorn