Author : Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and Analysis
Release : 2000
Genre : Beaucoup Creek Watershed (Ill.)
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Kinkaid Area Assessment: Living resources - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kinkaid Area Assessment: Living resources write by Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and Analysis. This book was released on 2000. Kinkaid Area Assessment: Living resources available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Kinkaid Area Assessment, part of a series of statewide regional assessments, examines 629 square miles, most of which falls within three counties-- Jackson, Perry, and Washington, in southern Illinois. The area falls within four natural divisions-- Southern Till Plain, Shawnee Hills, Ozark, and Lower Mississippi River Bottomlands. More than 90% of the assessment area, 574 square miles, lies within the Beaucoup Creek watershed. Beaucoup Creek originates in eastern Washington County and flows southward for about 81 miles to its confluence with the Big Muddy River in Jackson County. Kinkaid Creek has its headwaters in the northwestern portion of Jackson County and flows southeast until it meets the Big Muddy near Grimsby. Kinkaid Lake, formed when Kinkaid Creek was impounded about 30 years ago, is located in Jackson County. The report provides information on the natural and human resources of the area as a basis for managing and improving its ecosystems. The development of ecosystems-based information and management programs in Illinois are the result of three processes-- the Critical Trents Assessment Program, Conservation Congress, and Water Resources and Land Use Priorities Task Force.