. The changing Illinois environment : critical trends : technical report of the Critical Trends Assessment Project. Man; Pollution; Environmental protection; Ecology; Environmental impact analysis. PRAIRIES 120 -I in ci> 100 - c/> 80 - o 60 - a> â n 40 ⢠E 3 20 -. A) All Prairies I 1,1 i . Li Li 0-1 1-5 5-10 10-20 20-50 50-100 >100 the 253 prairie sites identified by the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, 83% are smaller than 10 acres and 30% are less than one acre! All remnants of the tallgrass prairie, in Illinois and elsewhere, lack the full complement of natural processes that


. The changing Illinois environment : critical trends : technical report of the Critical Trends Assessment Project. Man; Pollution; Environmental protection; Ecology; Environmental impact analysis. PRAIRIES 120 -I in ci> 100 - c/> 80 - o 60 - a> â n 40 ⢠E 3 20 -. A) All Prairies I 1,1 i . Li Li 0-1 1-5 5-10 10-20 20-50 50-100 >100 the 253 prairie sites identified by the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, 83% are smaller than 10 acres and 30% are less than one acre! All remnants of the tallgrass prairie, in Illinois and elsewhere, lack the full complement of natural processes that operate at large scales, such as landscape fires, grazing by large mam- mals, and natural migrations of species and changes of species composition with fluctuations in rainfall. V) <D 40 - U) ' 30 - o CD 20 - n h 3 10 - 30 £ 55 20 o l_ CD â n io Z 0 in i CO CD .O E B) Black Soil Prairies. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illinois. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources; Critical Trends Assessment Project. Springfield, Ill. : Ill. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources


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