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Farmland Decline Shapes Southern Illinois 1945 1969
A seven county survey shows farmland shrinking from 1,120,000 acres in 1945 to about 957,000 in 1969 due to urban sprawl forest purchases and strip mining. The report notes large losses in Union and Williamson counties while Perry County gains slightly, with calls for land use planning zoning and reclamation.
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Bud Farrar
Southern Illinois
Union County
Illinois
Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson
Perry
Randolph
Union
Williamson
Robert Frank
Jackson County Agriculture Extension
Frank
U.S. Forest Service
Franklin -Franklin County
Bend Lake
Franklin County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Dan Malkovich
Benton
Illinois Department of Conservation
Rend Lake
Middle Fork
Malkovich
Southern
Jackson -Jackson County
Shawnee National Forest
Ed Henschel
Murphysboro
Cedar Lake
Carbondale
Henschel
Forest Service
Consolidation Coal Co
Hurst
Royalton
Elkville
Jefferson -Jefferson County
Perry County
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Jack Naumer
Gypsy Hill Farms
du Quoin Packing Co
Senate
Carbon
Richard Howell
Perry County Agriculture Extension
Randolph County
Harold Hunzicker
Union County Wildlife Refuge
Tod Kinerk
Shawnee Foret
Jonesboro
Williamson County
Vic Smith
Williamson County Agriculture Extension
Lake of Egypt