The District initiated the creation of Prairie Creek Preserve in 2006 with the preservation of 121 acres near Manhattan (McClure Woods). Preservation is ongoing to protect an unchannelized portion of Prairie Creek between the U.S. Forest Service’s Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and the District’s Wauponsee Glacial Trail. The Preserve includes sinuous riparian habitat. The District and U.S. Forest Service will be partnering on restoring and managing the area when preservation is completed.

Photograph Courtesy of Sarah Stephens