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Article: Group named wildlife heros
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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The Illinois Prairie chapter of Delta Waterfowl based in and
around Bloomington-Normal deserves a round of applause after Field &
Stream magazine named the 4-year-old group a "Hero of Conservation."
The announcement was made in the publication's November edition
and noted the chapter's efforts to build and distribute more than
300 wood-duck and mallard nesting structures. Several were put at
McLean County's Comlara Park/Evergreen Lake and at Clinton Lake in
DeWitt County. Other locations include Chautauqua Fish and Wildlife
Refuge on the Illinois River and many privately owned ponds
throughout Central Illinois.
The conservation effort helped two Boy Scouts achieve the rank of
Eagle. The ...