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This
map shows currently protected areas and identifies areas for potential
protection. Potential protected areas are based on 1997 satellite imagery
and land use categories prepared by the Northeastern Illinois Planning
Commission (NIPC) in 1995. Current protected areas were determined from
verifications conducted in 1999 by county forest preserves, conservation
districts and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Map prepared
for Chicago Wilderness by The Field Museum and Futurity, Inc. and supported
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (grant GP37J) and adapted for Chicago Metropolis
2020 by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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