Just shy of 1,000 acres adjacent to Richmond are set to become part of the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, according to the nonprofit agencies that negotiated its purchase and eventual transfer to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Tamarack Farms, a 985-acre property west of Route 12 and south of Route 173, will link the McHenry County Conservation District’s Glacial Park and North Branch Conservation Area, creating a total of 5,600 acres in open land.
The Conservation Fund, Illinois Audubon Society and Openlands partnered to acquire the land from Peter Bell.
“We are working with willing landowners who want to sell,” said Emily Reusswig, vice president of conservation and policy at Openlands. “This is not the federal government coming in to take land away.”
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Tamarack Farms, a 985-acre property west of Route 12 and south of Route 173, will link the McHenry County Conservation District’s Glacial Park and North Branch Conservation Area, creating a total of 5,600 acres in open land.
The Conservation Fund, Illinois Audubon Society and Openlands partnered to acquire the land from Peter Bell.
“We are working with willing landowners who want to sell,” said Emily Reusswig, vice president of conservation and policy at Openlands. “This is not the federal government coming in to take land away.”
The post Northwest Herald – Wildlife refuge gets 1,000 new acres, touted as largest open land acquisition in Chicago area in decades appeared first on Openlands.