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Upper Des Plaines River .Area Assessment T~~ 'II:\\UJ!,() '" Volume 3 --------~-- ~W Living Resources UPPER DES PLAINES RIVER .AREA ASSESSMENT ';Jj DEpllRTMENT O~ NATURAL RESOURCES UPPER DES PLAINES RIvER AREA ASSESSMENT VOLUME 3: LIVING RESOURCES llJinois Department ofNatural Resources • i Office ofScientific Research and Analysis Natural History Survey Division 607 East Peabody Drive Champaign, Illinois 61820 (217) 333-4949 1998 300 Printed by the authority ofthe State oflllinois II Other CTAP Publications The Changing Jl/inois Environment: Critical Trends • Summary Report • Volume 1: Air Resources • Volume 2: Water Resources • Volume 3: Ecological Resources • Volume 4: Earth Resources • Volume 5: Waste Generation and Management • Volume 6: Sources ofEnvironmental Stress • Volume 7: Bibliography lllinois Land Cover, An Atlas, plus CD-ROM Inventory ofEcologically Resource-Rich Areas in Illinois. Rock River Area Assessment, technical report The Rock River Country: An Inventory ofthe Region's Resources Cache River Area Assessment, technical report The Cache River Basin: An Inventory ofthe Region's Resources Mackinaw RiverArea Assessment, technical report The Mackinaw River Country: An Inventory ofthe Region·'s Resources The lllinois Headwaters: An Inventory ofthe Region's Resources Headwaters Area Assessment, technical report The lllinois Big Rivers: An Inventory ofthe Region's Resources Big Rivers Area Assessment, technical report The Fox River Basin: An Inventory ofthe Region's Resources Fox River Area Assessment, technical report The Kankakee River Valley: An Inventory ofthe Region's Resources Kankakee River Area Assessment, technical report Annual Report 1996, Illinois RiverWatch Stream Monitoring Manual, Illinois RiverWatch PLAN-IT EARTH, Flowing Waters Module PLAN-IT EARTH, Forest Module ForestMonitoring Manual, Illinois ForestWatch Illinois Geographic Information System, CD-ROM ofdigital geospatial data All CTAP and Ecosystems Program documents are available from the DNR Clearinghouse at (217) 782-7498 or TDD (217) 782-9175. Selected publications are also available on the World Wide Web at http://dnr.state.il.us/ctap/ctaphome.htm, or http://dnr.state.il.us/c2000/managelpartner.htm, as well as on the EcoForum Bulletin Board at I (800) 528-5486 or (217) 782-8447. For more information about CTAP, call (217) 524-0500 or e-mail [email protected]; for information on the Ecosystems Program call (217) 782-7940 or e-mail at [email protected]. About This Report The Upper Des Plaines River Area Assessment examines an area situated along the upper Des Plaines River in northeastern Illinois. Because significant natural community and species diversity is found in the area, it has been designated a state Resource Rich Area. l This report is part ofa series of reports on areas ofTIlinois where a public-private partnership has been formed. These assessments provide information on the natural and human resources ofthe areas as a basis for managing and improving their ecosystems. The determination of resource rich areas and development ofecosystem-based information and management programs in Illinois are the result ofthree processes -- the Critical Trends Assessment Program, the Conservation Congress, and the Water Resources and Land Use Priorities Task Force. Background The Critical Trends Assessment Program (CTAP) documents changes in ecological conditions. In 1994, using existing information, the program provided a baseline of ecological conditions2 Three conclusions were drawn from the baseline investigation: 1. the emission and discharge ofregulated pollutants over the past 20 years has declined, in some cases dramatically, 2. existing data suggest that the condition ofnatural ecosystems in Illinois is rapidly declining as a result offragmentation and continued stress, and 3. data designed to monitor compliance with environmental regulations or the status of individual species are not sufficient to assess ecosystem health statewide. Based on these findings, CTAP has begun to develop methods to systematically monitor ecological conditions and provide information for ecosystem-based management. Five components make up this effort: 1. identify resource rich areas, 2. conduct regional assessments, 3. publish an atlas and inventory ofIllinois landcover, 4. train volunteers to collect ecological indicator data, and 5. develop an educational science curriculum which incorporates data collection I See Inventory ofResource Rich Areas in Illinois: An Evaluation ofEcological Resources. 2 See The Changing Illinois Environment: Critical Trends, SU1ll1Illl1Y report and volumes 1-7. iii At the same time that CTAP was publishing its baseline findings, the TIlinois Conservation Congress and the Water Resources and Land Use Priorities Task Force were presenting their respective findings. These groups agreed with the CTAP conclusion that the state's ecosystems were declining. Better stewardship was needed, and they detennined that a voluntary, incentive-based, grassroots approach would be the most appropriate, one that recognized the inter-relatedness ofeconomic development and natural resource protection and enhancement. From the three initiatives was born Conservation 2000, a six-year program to begin reversing ecosystem degradation, primarily through the Ecosystems Program, a cooperative process of public-private partnerships that are intended to merge natural resource stewardship with economic and recreational development. To achieve this goal, the program win provide financial incentives and technical assistance to private landowners. The Rock River and Cache River were designated as the first Ecosystem Partnership areas. At the same time, CTAP identified 30 Resource Rich Areas (RRAs) throughout the state. In RRAs where Ecosystem Partnerships have been formed, CTAP is providing an assessment of the area, drawing from ecological and socia-economic databases to give an overview ofthe region's resources -- geologic, edaphic, hydrologic, biotic, and socio-economic. Although several ofthe analyses are somewhat restricted by spatial and/or temporal limitations ofthe data, they help to identify information gaps and additional opportunities and constraints to establishing long-term monitoring programs in the partnership areas. The Upper Des Plaines River Area Assessment The Upper Des Plaines Area Assessment covers an area ofapproximately 346 mile2 (221,637 acres) spanning central Lake County, north-central Cook County, and the north­ eastern portion ofDu Page County. The Des Plaines River originates near Racine, Wisconsin and enters Illinois two miles northeast ofRosecranes in Lake County. It flows 97 miles south before its confluence with the Kankakee River to form the Illinois River. The assessment boundary encompasses the eight northernmost subbasins ofthe Des Plaines watershed in TIlinois. This assessment is comprised offive 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 ofthe region. Volume 4 contains three parts: Part I, Socio-Economic Profile, discusses the demographics, infrastructure, and economy ofthe area, focusing on the three counties with the greatest amount ofland in the area -- Lake and Cook counties in TIlinois and KelJosha County in iv t 1 s.... 1:2700000 ~.==============;i;j'oo." Drainage balln. fram 1:24000 acale wattlnhed baund.rJea •• delineated by the U.&.O's. Water Re.llQura.•• Dl'llaion. Major Drainage Basins of Illinois and Location of the Upper Des Plaines River Assessment Area 711 , I 1 NI I Scale 1:332.640 o liMU.. nnw" ----.. Subbasins in the Des Plaines River assessment area. Subbasin boundaries depicted are those determined by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Wisconsin; Part II, 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, ranging from the Paleoindian Prehistoric (B.C. 10,000) to the Historic (A.D. 1650), known in the assessment watershed. Volume 5, EarlyAccounts ofthe Ecology ofthe Upper Des Plaines Area, describes the ecology ofthe area as recorded by historical writings ofexplorers, pioneers, early visitors and early historians. VII Contributors Principle Investigator William G. Ruesink Project Coordinator Daniel K. Niven Editors Timothy J. S. Whitfeld, Daniel K. Niven Page Layout. Timothy J. S. Whitfeld Figures .' Katherine J. Hunter, Liane B. Suloway Introduction..John B. Taft, Liane B. Suloway, Katherine J. Hunter, Timothy J. S. Whitfeld Natural Vegetation Communities John B. Taft Tables for Natural Vegetation Communities Connie J. Carroll, Timothy J. S. Whitfeld Birds Scott K. Robinson, Steven D. Bailey Marnmals Edward J. Heske, Joyce E. Hofmann Amphibians and Reptiles Christopher A. Phillips Terrestrial Insects: Butterflies and Skippers John K. Bouseman Aquatic Biota: Fishes Larry M. Page, Kevin S. CUnunings, Christine A. Mayer Mussels and Crustaceans Larry M. Page, Kevin S. Cununings, Christine A. Mayer Other Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Mark J. Wetzel, Donald W. Webb IX - - ---_._- -~---""'-- Table ofContents Introduction Physiographic Characteristics 1 Climate Patterns 5 Vegetation History 5 Current Land Cover 6 Biologically SignificantFeatures ofNatural Communities 1S Natural Vegetation Communities Comparison ofBiodiversity in the UDPAA
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