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Prairie chicken sanctuary gains ground in Illinois
After a 15 year effort to save Illinois native prairie chicken a surge in numbers from under 300 to over 500 is tied to expanded Jasper County habitat. The final three acres were donated to the Conservation Department forming the Galbreath Prairie Chicken Sanctuary near Newton and Bogota while the Prairie Grouse Committee of the Nature Conservancy helped accelerate habitat acquisitions across the state.
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Springfield
Illinois
Jasper County
Newton
Illinois Prairie Chicken Foundation
Department of Conservation
Illinois Con
Specht
Joseph W. Galbreath
Galbreath
Centralia Audubon
Gaylord Donnelley
Chicago
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Nature Conservancy
Charles D. Hafner, III
Prairie Grouse Committee
Florida
Prairie Chicken Foundation
Donnelley Bros
Ralph E. Yeatter
Max McGraw
Bogota
Conservation Department
Jasper
Marion
Marion County
Natural History Survey
Ron Westemeier
Westemeier
Poplar Drive
Effingham
Ill
Audubon
Chauncey McCormick Tract
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